best quotations about
Envy |
and Jealousy
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Quotations
 | Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember, the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 11 likes |
 | Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied. — Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer 11 likes |
 | A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy. — Jean Baudrillard, 1929-2007, French intellectual 6 likes |
 | The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 6 likes |
 | Achieve some perfection yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 6 likes |
 | You can't be envious and happy at the same time. — Frank Tyger, 1929-2011, American cartoonist 5 likes |
 | Oh, how unbearable is a happy person sometimes! — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer 4 likes |
 | Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies. — Gore Vidal, 1925-2012, American writer 4 likes |
 | The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 4 likes |
 | The books say we' re supposed to have penis envy, but look who wrote the books. — Yoko Ono, 1935-, Japanese artist 3 likes |
| Envy is the central fact of American life. — Gore Vidal, 1925-2012, American writer 3 likes |
 | The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 3 likes |
 | How intolerable people are sometimes who are happy and successful in everything. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 3 likes |
 | Criticism is a tax that envy perceives on merit. — Duc de Levis, 1764-1830, French politician & author of maxims 2 likes |
 | The envy that speaks and shouts is always harmless. Be afraid of the envy that is silent. — Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims 2 likes |
 | Next to worry probably one of the most potent causes of unhappiness is envy. |
| Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool's paradise, for only a fool will think that is happiness. |
 | When people are presented with the alternatives of hating themselves for their failure or hating others for their success, they seldom choose to hate themselves. |
| The only people I truly envy are those who can play a musical instrument and those who can eat anything they want without gaining weight. |
 | People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors. |
 | Congratulation, n. The civility of envy. |
| One of the properties of virtue is that it does not excite envy. |
 | Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness. |
 | The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet. |
 | Luck exists. Otherwise, how would you explain the success of others? |
 | Jealousy is all the fun you think they had. |
| Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything. |
 | The jealousy of other painters has always been the thermometer of my success. |
 | It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him. |
 | There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only extra person in the room. |
 | There is much less envy in America than in France. And much less spirit. |
 | I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy. |
| Envy plus rhetoric equals “social justice”. |
Ancient Greek
 | Women are more envious and more querulous than men. Γυνή ανδρός φθονερώτερον και μεμψιμοιρότερον. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 8 likes |
 | It is better to be envied than pitied. Φθονέεσθαι κρέσσον εστὶ ή οικτείρεσθαι. — Herodotus, 480-420 BC, Ancient Greek historian, the “ father of History” 7 likes |
 | The gods are envious and mess things. Το Θείον φθονερόν και ταραχώδες. — Solon, 630-560 BC, Ancient Greek lawmaker & philosopher 6 likes |
 | Envy crawls towards the rich man. Προς γαρ τον έχοντα ο φθόνος έρπει. — Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet ‐ Αίας 3 likes |
 | Potter bears a grudge against potter, and craftsman against craftsman, and beggar is envious of beggar, and bard of bard. Και κεραμεύς κεραμεί κοτέει και τέκτονι τέκτων και πτωχός πτωχώ φθονέει και αοιδός αοιδώ. — Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Works and Days -26 3 likes |
 | The envious man torments himself like an enemy. Ο φθονέων εωυτόν ως εχθρόν λυπέει. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 3 likes |
 | Always envious the eye of the neighbor. Φθονερόν αεί των γειτόνων όμμα. 3 likes |
 | You will not be tolerated if you are successful. Ουκ αν φορητός είης, ει πράσσοις καλώς. — Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Prometheus Bound 3 likes |
 | It is better to be envied than pitied. Κρέσσων γαρ οικτιρμού φθόνος. — Pindar, 522-438 BC, Ancient Greek lyric poet 3 likes |
 | As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. Ώσπερ υπό του ιού τον σίδηρον, ούτω τους φθονερούς υπό του ιδίου ήθους κατεσθίεσθαι. — Antisthenes, 445-360 BC, Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher 3 likes |
| He who is not enviable is not admirable. Ο δ’ αφθόνητός γ’ οὐκ επίζηλος πέλει. — Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Agamemnon 2 likes |
Proverbs
 | The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. 5 likes |
| The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. 4 likes |
