Quotes by Envy Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains. Barbra Streisand envy pain god Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale. Baron de Montesquieu envy praise men What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune. Baron de Montesquieu cowardice envy fortune It is usually the case with most men that their nature is so constituted that they pity those who fare badly and envy those who fare well. Baruch Spinoza envy human-nature men If anyone conceives, that an object of his love joins itself to another with closer bonds of friendship than he himself has attained to, he will be affected with hatred towards the loved object and with envy towards his rival. Baruch Spinoza envy hatred life I should attempt to treat human vice and folly geometrically... the passions of hatred, anger, envy, and so on, considered in themselves, follow from the necessity and efficacy of nature... I shall, therefore, treat the nature and strength of the emotion in exactly the same manner, as though I were concerned with lines, planes, and solids. Baruch Spinoza envy passion hatred I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt. Ben Hecht envy guilt men Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads. Ben Jonson envy honor two That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to be always continued by those who, being able to add nothing to truth, hope for eminence from the heresies of paradox; or those who, being forced by disappointment upon consolatory expedients, are willing to hope from posterity what the present age refuses, and flatter themselves that the regard which is yet denied by envy will be at last bestowed by time. Ben Jonson envy disappointment truth Posterity will do justice to that unprincipled maniac Gladstone - extraordinary mixture of envy, vindictiveness, hypocrisy and superstition; and with one commanding characteristic - whether Prime Minister or Leader of the Opposition, whether preaching, praying, speechifying or scribbling - never a gentleman. Benjamin Disraeli envy hypocrisy justice To take the measure of oneself by reference to one's colleagues leads to envy or complacency rather than constructive self-examination. Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. examination envy self Next to worry probably one of the most potent causes of unhappiness is envy. Bertrand Russell envy unhappiness causes Envy, in fact, is one form of a vice, partly moral, partly intellectual, which consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. Bertrand Russell envy desire may Envy is the basis of democracy. Bertrand Russell bases envy democracy Envy ... is one form of a vice, partly moral, partly intellectual, which consists in seeing things never in themselves but only in their relations. Bertrand Russell envy vices intellectual Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful. Bertrand Russell millionaire envy successful A life which goes excessively against natural impulse is... likely to involve effects of strain that may be quite as bad as indulgence in forbidden impulses would have been. People who live a life which is unnatural beyond a point are likely to be filled with envy, malice and uncharitableness. Bertrand Russell envy may people The first thing the male establishment wants to control is uterus and birth. You might call it womb envy. But even worse is the fact we are still using the male model of sexual response for women. Betty Dodson uterus envy males The suburban housewife - she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the world. The American housewife - freed by science and labor-saving appliances from the drudgery, the dangers of childbirth, and the illnesses of her grandmother had found true feminine fulfillment. Betty Friedan envy grandmother dream Years from now, when I'm successful and happy, ...and he's in prison... I hope I'm not too mature to gloat. Bill Watterson envy successful years «1234567891011»