Quotes About Envy

What happiness it seemed to me! How passionately I envied, as I passed, them; all shabby and shaggy though their coats might be I Some of these dogs, doubtless, were sometimes roughly treated; sometimes hungered, and smarted, and were footsore, and sun-heated. But they were free 1—and they had not to go through that dreary desolate pantomime of mimicked gayety, while their hearts were breaking!

because at one time or another someone threatened or damaged our self-esteem, security, ambitions, or relationships? Have we tried to get even with people who hurt us? Do we make a point of never forgetting when someone does us harm? Do we hold a grudge against anyone due to jealousy? Are we envious of other people's appearance, wealth, sex life, popularity, possessions, or position in society? If so,

Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.

Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer.

Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks.

He was everything I wasn't. He was a lot of what I wanted to be.

Ian and Joseph returned at dawn, alive but battered, and the entire village welcomed them as men. One minute I was puffed up wi' pride that they had earned their warrior marks, then next all but daft wi' envy that I was still but a lad in their eyes." He chuckled at the memory. "I struck Ian ere the day was out.

Some people's happiness is always other people's kitsch.

Il dit en soufflant : "Je pense que toute ma vie j'ai été jaloux. La jalousie précède l'imagination. La jalousie, c'est la vision plus forte que la vue.

Your skill can never buy you love. It may win you admiration and envy, but never love. If that was what you were after, you have wasted your time.

Old, beautiful words – 'From envy, hatred, malice and all uncharitableness – Good Lord deliver us.' How many of the people who make a glib response have really turned away from the evil in their thoughts before it breaks into word or open deed?

To be both rich and handsome was bad enough. But to have a voice like honey over warm bread on top of that was simply inexcusable.

Off to one side his fine white teacup waited for him with a patience Aria envied

I envied its innocence, its lack of care. Besides, too much sweetness cloys me. As does willful ignorance.

His voice was deeper than mine, a warm bass with enough of a Modegan accent to lend it a slight musical cant... When he spoke, women at the surrounding tables turned to look in his direction with hungry, half-lidded eyes. His voice had the opposite effect on me. To be both rich and handsome was bad enough. But to have a voice like honey over warm bread on top of that was simply inexcusable. The sound of it made me feel like a cat grabbed by the tail and rubbed backward with a wet hand.

She's pretty and charming. Men crowd round her like stags in rut." He made a flippant gesture. "Women are bound to resent it.

Several rows of spectators were blocking our view of the upcoming parade, almost all of them more vertically endowed than we were. In short, vertical envy had reared its ugly head and was making faces at us.

What a drug this little book is; to imbibe it is to find oneself presuming his process. I read and feel that same compulsion; the desire to possess what he has written, which can only be subdued by writing something myself. It is not mere envy but a delusional quickening in the blood.

Taken as a whole, these findings suggest that when we think about our overall lives, we tend to compare ourselves with others—and when it comes to social comparison, the sky is the limit.

Even after making up one's mind to the sacrifices I had decided upon, there is always left a trace of envy for those who have triumphed in the melancholy struggle for literary supremacy.

How amazing it is to be alive Anyone who lives and breathes and puts both feet on the ground, What possible reason could he have for envying the gods

Today you will envy the blessings of another, or you will bask in the wonder of the amazing grace you have been given.

Envy tempts you to crave what is temporary while you devalue what is eternal. This never leads you anywhere good.

because we are self-focused, we tend to be scorekeepers, constantly comparing our piles of stuff to the piles of others. It's a life of discontentment and envy. Envy is always selfish.