Quotes by Envy When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the frustration from which it has arisen. Edith Sitwell envy frustration thinking Poets may boast (as safely-vain) Their work shall with the world remain: Both bound together, live, or die, The verses and the prophecy. But who can hope his lines shou'd long Last, in a daily changing tongue? While they are new, envy prevails, And as that dies, our language fails. Edmund Waller envy together long Rising glory occasions the greatest envy, as kindling fire the greatest smoke. Edmund Spenser rising envy fire Let us praise the noble turkey vulture: No one envies him; he harms nobody; and he contemplates our little world from a most serene and noble height. Edward Abbey turkeys envy littles Since the primitive times, the wealth of the popes was exposed to envy, their powers to opposition, and their persons to violence. Edward Gibbon envy wealth violence If our credit be so well built, so firm, that it is not easy to be shaken by calumny or insinuation, envy then commends us, and extols us beyond reason to those upon whom we depend, till they grow jealous, and so blow us up when they cannot throw us down. Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon envy jealous blow I've been friends with the guys in Radiohead for a lot of years, and I watch the way those guys work with incredible envy. Because whatever the slings and arrows of dealing with the record business, at the end of the day, they have total creative autonomy. They don't need a lot to do what they do, and Thom [Yorke] and Jonny [Greenwood] and the guys have their own joint in their hometown. Edward Norton envy arrows years With fame, in just proportion, envy grows. Edward Young proportion envy fame O let me be undone the common way, And have the common comfort to be pity'd, And not be ruin'd in the mask of bliss, And so be envy'd, and be wretched too! Edward Young envy comfort way If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world. Edward Young envy littles world Competition between women is good only if it does not prevail; that is to say if it coexists with affinity, affection, with a real sense of being mutually indispensable, with sudden peaks of solidarity in spite of envy, jealousy and the whole inevitable cohort of bad feelings. Elena Ferrante envy real feelings There are some people whom we envy not because they are rich or handsome or successful, although they may be all or any of these, but because everything they are or do seems to be all of a piece, so that even if they wanted to they could not be or do otherwise. Elizabeth Bishop envy success people Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies. Elizabeth Bowen envy jealousy loneliness it is more to my personal happiness and advantage to indulge the love and admiration of excellence, than to cherish a secret envy of it. Elizabeth Montagu envy excellence secret There is much less envy of the rich by the poor than there is of the happy by the unhappy; by those who believe, by those who don't believe. Dennis Prager envy unhappy believe Virtually all of life's ills boil down to mindlessness. If you can understand someone else's perspective, then there's no reason to be angry at them, envy them, steal from them. Ellen Langer envy perspective wise the most censorious are generally the least judicious; who, having nothing to recommend themselves, will be finding fault with others. No man envies the merit of another, that has any of his own. Ellin Devis envy criticism men Envy someone an' it pulls you down. Admire them and it builds you up. Which makes more sense? Elvis Presley envy hypocrisy integrity Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority. Emily Post suspicion inferiority envy In other words, it was a struggle with himself. And the product of that struggle: anger, bitterness, resentment, envy or transformation, aspiration, hope, decency..the product of that struggle is the quality of your life and the nature of your soul. Emma Forrest envy soul struggle «678910111213141516»