Quotes by Envy We should keep a careful diary of our moments of envy: they are our covert guides to what we should try to do next. Alain de Botton envy diaries trying The company of certain people may excite our generosity and sensitivity, while that of others awakens our competitiveness and envy. Alain de Botton envy generosity people At times almost all of us envy the animals. They suffer and die, but do not seem to make a "problem" of it. Alan Watts envy simplicity animal Reverence for greatness dies out, and is succeeded by base envy of greatness. Albert Pike reverence envy greatness I am itching to criticize some well-regarded writers' works, but I am not doing it because I am perfectly aware that my critique could easily be reduced to envy or just plain meanness. Aleksandar Hemon meanness envy criticize Our envy of others devours us most of all. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn gossip envy inspirational Passive commerce . . . should thus . . . [compel us] to content ourselves with the first price of our commodities, and to see the profits of our trade snatched from us, to enrich our enemies and persecutors. That unequalled spirit of enterprise . . . an inexhaustible mine of national wealth, would be stifled and lost; and poverty and disgrace would overspread a country, which, with wisdom, might make herself the admiration and envy of the world. Alexander Hamilton envy country enemy Antonia was very conscious of the corrosive power of envy and felt that it was this emotion, more than any other, which lay behind human unhappiness. People did not realize how widespread envy was. Alexander McCall Smith envy unhappy people Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true. Alexander Pope envy shadow substance Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue Alexander Pope merit envy shade Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learn'd or brave. Alexander Pope envy brave mind Genius involves both envy and calumny. Alexander Pope calumny envy genius Envy is a deadly sin! Alexandra Adornetto deadly-sins envy sin Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy; those who had anything united in common terror. Alexis de Tocqueville envy cutting two Equality is a slogan based on envy. It signifies in the heart of every republican: "Nobody is going to occupy a place higher than I." Alexis de Tocqueville envy equality heart Jealousy is beautiful only on a young and ardent face. After the first wrinkles, trust must return. Alfred Capus wrinkles envy beautiful There are many things in life more worthwhile than money. One is to be brought up in this our England which is still the envy of less happy lands. Alfred Denning, Baron Denning envy things-in-life land I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods. Alfred Lord Tennyson cages envy summer Jealousy is the dragon in paradise; the hell of heaven; and the most bitter of the emotions because associated with the sweetest. Alfred Richard Orage envy jealousy dragons There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners. Ali ibn Abi Talib envy persons manners «1234567891011»