quotations about envy
Better envy than pity.
GERMAN PROVERB
Envy is the coward side of Hate,
And all her ways are bleak and desolate.
HENRY ABBEY
"The Host's Humility"
Envy assails the noblest; the wind howls round the highest peaks.
OVID
attributed, Day's Collacon
Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from hell.
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY
Festus
The most common disguise of Envy is in praise of what is subordinate.
WASHINGTON ALLSTON
Lectures on Art and Poems
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
Maxims
Envy is the bond between the hopeful and the damned.
PINK FLOYD
"Green Is the Colour"
Envy does not enter an empty house.
DANISH PROVERB
In the sea of malice envy frequently gets out of her depth; and whilst she is expecting to see another drowned, she is either drowned herself or dashed against a rock.
GIOVANNI BATTISTA BASILE
The Pentamerone
Envy eats nothing but its own heart.
GERMAN PROVERB
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow proves the substance true.
ALEXANDER POPE
An Essay on Criticism
Envy nobody. It is the true secret of happiness, or at least the only one I know.
PETER S. BEAGLE
We Never Talk About My Brother
Lastly, to conclude this part; as we said in the beginning, that the act of envy had somewhat in it of witchcraft, so there is no other cure of envy, but the cure of witchcraft; and that is, to remove the lot (as they call it) and to lay it upon another. For which purpose, the wiser sort of great persons, bring in ever upon the stage somebody upon whom to derive the envy, that would come upon themselves; sometimes upon ministers and servants; sometimes upon colleagues and associates; and the like; and for that turn there are never wanting, some persons of violent and undertaking natures, who, so they may have power and business, will take it at any cost.
FRANCIS BACON
"Of Envy", The Essays or Counsels
Envy is its own tormentor.
ANDRADA
attributed, Day's Collacon
When you make your mark in the world, watch out for the envious with erasers.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
There was never envy that was not bloody: for if it eat not another's heart, it will eat our own.
JOSEPH HALL
Contemplations
As rust corrupts iron, so does envy corrupt man.
ANTISTHENES
attributed, Day's Collacon
Envy and wrath shorten the life.
BIBLE
Ecclesiastes 30:24
Envy does not allow humanity to sleep.
CARL JUNG
Psychology of the Unconscious
Envy is for people who don’t have the self-esteem to be jealous.
BAUVARD
Evergreens Are Prudish