ENVY QUOTES

quotations about envy

Envy assails the noblest; the wind howls round the highest peaks.

OVID

attributed, Day's Collacon


Envy is the coward side of Hate,
And all her ways are bleak and desolate.

HENRY ABBEY

"The Host's Humility"


Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from hell.

PHILIP JAMES BAILEY

Festus


Better envy than pity.

GERMAN PROVERB


The most common disguise of Envy is in praise of what is subordinate.

WASHINGTON ALLSTON

Lectures on Art and Poems


Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Maxims


Envy does not enter an empty house.

DANISH PROVERB


Envy nobody. It is the true secret of happiness, or at least the only one I know.

PETER S. BEAGLE

We Never Talk About My Brother


There was never envy that was not bloody: for if it eat not another's heart, it will eat our own.

JOSEPH HALL

Contemplations


Envy is the bond between the hopeful and the damned.

PINK FLOYD

"Green Is the Colour"


Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow proves the substance true.

ALEXANDER POPE

An Essay on Criticism


In the sea of malice envy frequently gets out of her depth; and whilst she is expecting to see another drowned, she is either drowned herself or dashed against a rock.

GIOVANNI BATTISTA BASILE

The Pentamerone


Envy eats nothing but its own heart.

GERMAN PROVERB


As rust corrupts iron, so does envy corrupt man.

ANTISTHENES

attributed, Day's Collacon


Lastly, to conclude this part; as we said in the beginning, that the act of envy had somewhat in it of witchcraft, so there is no other cure of envy, but the cure of witchcraft; and that is, to remove the lot (as they call it) and to lay it upon another. For which purpose, the wiser sort of great persons, bring in ever upon the stage somebody upon whom to derive the envy, that would come upon themselves; sometimes upon ministers and servants; sometimes upon colleagues and associates; and the like; and for that turn there are never wanting, some persons of violent and undertaking natures, who, so they may have power and business, will take it at any cost.

FRANCIS BACON

"Of Envy", The Essays or Counsels


Envy is its own tormentor.

ANDRADA

attributed, Day's Collacon


When you make your mark in the world, watch out for the envious with erasers.

EVAN ESAR

20,000 Quips & Quotes


Envy does not allow humanity to sleep.

CARL JUNG

Psychology of the Unconscious


Envy and wrath shorten the life.

BIBLE

Ecclesiastes 30:24


Envy is for people who don’t have the self-esteem to be jealous.

BAUVARD

Evergreens Are Prudish