Quotes by Envious Power seems to confer on its possessor a mantle of superiority, specialness, and sexual potency, which the envious person desperately wants because he feels himself on some level to be inferior, unimportant, and impotent. Alexander Lowen enviouslevelswant The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious. Baltasar Gracian envioushellheaven To all apparent beauties blind, each blemish strikes an envious mind. Benjamin Franklin enviousblindmind The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that which surpasses them they censure. Charles Caleb Colton enviousenvypraise No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own. Charlotte Lennox enviousenvyvirtue I'm so envious of that genetic wiring that immediately puts a smile on your face. My genetic wiring just puts creases in my eyebrows. Chris Pine enviouseyebrowsfaces Personally, being somewhat envious of Richard's (Thompson) songwriting and guitar playing, it's somewhat satisfying he's not yet achieved household-name status. It serves him right for being so good. David Byrne enviousguitarnames The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise. Francois de La Rochefoucauld enviousmeritpraise The more kindness shown to an envious man, the worse he becomes. Helmut Schoeck enviouskindnessmen The envious are more likely to be mollified by seeing others deprived of some advantage than by gaining it for themselves. It is not what they lack that chiefly troubles them, but what others have. Henry Hazlitt enviousadvantagetrouble I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits. Howard Hodgkin enviousportraitsartist An envious man grows lean at another's fatness. Horace enviousfatnessmen I’m the only authentic Vlad. Everyone else is merely an envious imitation. Jeaniene Frost enviousimitation The Americans are so much more positive. They are much more in love with success. In Britain, they're a fairly envious bunch, and they love it if you fail. John Cleese enviousbritainfailing The greatest harm that you can do unto the envious, is to do well. John Lyly enviousenvyharm When I see other rappers' lyrics of "I don't do what I don't like to do", I feel like it's really cool and there's also an envious side to me about it. Kim Nam-joon enviousrappersides The silence of the envious is too noisy. Khalil Gibran noisyenvioussilence That's what is was to be young - to be enthusiastic rather than envious about the good work other people could do. Kurt Vonnegut enviousgood-workpeople As time went on, I got envious and wanted to do a lot of stunts myself Lloyd Bridges enviousstuntmanwanted Failure makes us envious. Success makes us greedy. Mason Cooley enviousgreedysuccess12»
