Quotes About Envy

Married people, it's up to you. It's entirely on your shoulders to keep this sinking institution afloat. It's a stately old ship, and a lot of people, like me, want to get on board. Please be psyched, and convey that psychedness to us. And always remember: so many, many people are envious of what you have. You're the star at the end of the Shakespearean play, wearing the wreath of flowers in your hair. The rest of us are just the little side characters.

But when you're winning, it makes them feel like they're losing or, worse yet, that maybe they should've tried to do something too, but now it's too late. And since they didn't, they want to stop you. You can't let them.

when you're winning, it makes them feel like they're losing or, worse yet, that maybe they should've tried to do something too, but now it's too late. And since they didn't, they want to stop you. You can't let them.

Lots of stupid people were skinny, and yet I couldn't do this incredibly simple thing they could do with seeming ease.

The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.

The country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. We have to offer an alternative vision.

La curiosité naît de la jalousie

That virtue here below is hated ever; The envious may die, but envy never.

Tevis being childless meant you felt a little sorry for her, and a bit jealous. Probably the same way she felt about you.

She did not get a medal - it was not fair. 'What a swizz,' she whispered bitterly to her mother as Cicely Barnard's name was called. 'She simply doesn't know enough to be bad.

Het gezicht in de spiegel was dat van een vreemde. En ze benijdde haar. Want dat vreemde meisje was veilig in haar wereld van glas.

The person ignorant and The person jealous hates The successful person.

People will wish you the best. Then hate on you when you get it.

Keep yourselves far from envy; it eateth up and taketh away good actions, like as fire eateth up and burneth wood

The best means by which a slave seeks proximity to God after recognising Him, is praying, benevolence to the parents, and abandonment of envy, self-conceit and vaunting.

Lust will die from a decrease in hormones. Anger will die of maturity. Gluttony will die of disease and despair. Pride and vanity will die of loneliness. Despondency will die from being bored. Greed will die of love. Envy will die of humility. Human vices are the folly of youth.

Everyone thinks and imagines that life is easier on the other side. Their minds swing like a pendulum.

Jealousy and envy are the signs of lack of emotional control in your life.

Jealousy is the fuel of relationships and marriage. At the same time, envy kills affection in love.

My enemies pretend to hate me in the public. But I know they are secretly longing to be in my place and to whisper in private how much they've admired my works.

Those who are too generous are seen as bragging and therefore hated for doing good deeds.

Equality was not freedom, it had only been the mistaken yearning to become like the people of the town. And who wanted to become like the very ones feared and hated? Envy was not freedom.

The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.

The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.