Envy Quotes And Sayings

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“Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.”
– Simone Weil 

“Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit.”
– Stendhal 

“Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy too, because of the solace.”
– Studs Terkel 

“I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.”
– Susan Sontag 

“Large parties given to very young children… foster the passions of vanity and envy, and produce a love of dress and display which is very repulsive in the character of a child.”
– Susanna Moodie 

“They’ll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you.” 
– Suzane Collins

“I never quite understood these actors – though I envy them sometimes – who can lie out for a year or two. I feel as though time is a real pressing issue, and I want to get as much work done in the time that I have left.”
– Sylvester Stallone 

“When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.”
– Tacitus 

“Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.”
– Theodore Roosevelt 

“Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.”
– Thomas Browne 

“A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother’s love.”
– Thomas Chandler Haliburton 

“The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.”
– Thomas Hobbes 

“Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.”
– Thornton Wilder 

“I do have height envy. I’m 5’1 and my sisters are giants so I do have height envy.”
– Toni Braxton 

“The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.”
– Victor Hugo 

“Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy.”
– Vittorio De Sica 

“Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune.”
– William Hazlitt 

“Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.”
– William J. Clinton 

“I envy the dead.”
– William Mulholland 

“I envy the people who say, ‘oh, well, I’ve got my name in the golden book and I’m going to be entered into the pearly gates.’”
– William Shatner 

“Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.”
– William Shenstone 

“There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy.”
– William Shenstone 

“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
– Winston Churchill 

“A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.”
– Xun Zi 

“Envy is an insult to oneself.”
– Yevgeny Yevtushenko 

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