Quotes by Envy Those who have not, and live in want, are a menace, Ridden with envy and fooled by demagogues. Euripides envy poverty want Pray the gods do not envy your happiness! Euripides envy praying If envy were the cause of terrorism, Beverly Hills [and] Fifth Avenue ... would have become targets long ago. Fareed Zakaria beverly-hills long-ago envy I envy people who could just have one drink and not go look for cocaine afterwards. Felipe Esparza envy people looks You will find that women who are pregnant often don't want to be and women who aren't desperately envy those who are. Labour wards are always full of very punitive people. Fay Weldon envy want people I envy that man who passes through life safely, to the world and fame unknown. Euripides envy men life Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock. Francis Beaumont envy fruit running Love and envy make a man pine, which other affections do not, because they are not so continual. Francis Bacon affection envy men Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy. Francis Bacon envy self men See how the world (whose chaste and pregnant womb Of late conceiv'd, and brought forth nothing ill) Is now degenerated, and become A base adult'ress, whose false births do fill The earth with monsters, monsters that do roam And rage about, and make a trade to kill: Now glutt'ny paunches, and avarice a pawn; Pale envy pines, pride swells, and sloth begins to yawn. Francis Quarles envy sloth pride Jealousy is in some measure just and reasonable, since it merely aims at keeping something that belongs to us or we think belongsto us, whereas envy is a frenzy that cannot bear anything that belongs to others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld envy jealousy thinking The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy. Francois de La Rochefoucauld envy jealousy quality Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred. Francois de La Rochefoucauld envied envy hatred Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one that arouses the least pity in the person who causes it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld envy jealousy evil We love much better those who endeavor to imitate us, than those who strive to equal us. For imitation is a sign of esteem, but competition of envy. Francois de La Rochefoucauld imitation envy competition It was well said that envy keeps no holidays. Francis Bacon well-said envy holiday Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too. Francois de La Rochefoucauld envy pride inspire None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy. Francis Bacon affection envy has-beens Above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguisheth envy. Francis Bacon envy men believe The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy. Francois de La Rochefoucauld envy quality noble «89101112131415161718»