Quotes About Envy

I am a true laborer: I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man's happiness, glad of other men's good, content with my harm.

But jealous souls will not be answer'd so;They are not ever jealous for the cause,But jealous for they are jealous; 'tis a monsterBegot upon itself, born on itself.

Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed,That he is grown so great?

How all the other passions fleet to air,As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embrac'd despair,And shuddering fear, and green-ey'd jealousy.

See what a rent the envious Casca made.

Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope,With what I most enjoy contented least;Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,Haply I think on thee.

These are the forgeries of jealousy.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

He is by nature led To peace so perfect that the young behold With envy, what the old man hardly feels.

I'm not sayin' she's a bragger, but if you've been to Paradise, she's got a season ticket.

No let another man success make you think say you know they try...

My one regret in life is that I'm not someone else.

My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.

A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.

Jealousy seems to make me suffer in the most unexpected ways.

Envidiar es renegar de sí mismo, joven. Te vuelves triste y malvado y no ganas nada a cambio. Los únicos momentos que importan son los que nos producen alguna alegría. Lo demás es puro derroche. Si quieres escribir, escribe. Pero no es criticando el talento ajeno como se afianza el propio. El talento no es negociable.

Envy was just the tax you paid on success.

just to gloat at mum and dad's golden girl brought low. But

If we suddenly become successful almost effortlessly, then people are envious. It really annoys them that we didn't have to go through all kinds of anguish, pain, and suffering to get there. Their mind believes that such anguish is the cost that must be paid for success.

an envious eye turned toward all those face holes stuffed with sun-colored cake.

If you don't make an enemy of envy, it will become your only friend

I'm pretty sure somewhere in the afterlife, some woman is feeling ashamed of herself because her cloud isn't as silver as the angel next door's.

I'm jealous, of course. He's got a rich, pretty debutante and all I've got is a stiffy for the little brunette with the curly hair out there.

I made a silent promise to myself--I would come back when no one was here, and I would read those words. Maybe at that moment I knew what a thief must feel, a jewel thief. The way his heart would quicken with need and envy and want when he gazed down at the promise of diamonds and rubies.The way he knew he would soon hold them in his hands,pretending they were his even if they could never be.