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The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor. — Socrates

It is the habit of the envious man to absolve himself of public wrongs with his own personal grievances. — Victor Hugo

Maybe I was a little jealous or envious of the abstract painters - but the truth was I thought what they were doing was boring. — Larry Rivers

The silence of the envious is too noisy. — Khalil Gibran

BEGIN the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busy-body, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial. — Marcus Aurelius

Don't be envious of the runner in the lane next to you; just focus on finishing your race. — Rick Warren

The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I'm envious of writers and musicians. I think it must be so difficult. Not just the frustration, but the discipline. — Michael Keaton

If the envious, the defamers and the backbiters were taken out of the average church, there would be revival overnight. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

There will be people the old flesh will rise up and wonder why God blessed them. But no one will ever be envious on God's blessings on their children. — Johnny Hunt

The gigantic intellect, the envious temper, the ravenous ambition and the rotten heart of Daniel Webster. — John Quincy Adams

Today was also The Grass is Always Browner on the Other Side Day - a day to celebrate what you have, and not to be envious of others. — George Mahood

A person may be greedy, envious, cowardly, cold, ungenerous, unkind, vain, or conceited, but behave perfectly by a monumental act of the will. — Thomas Nagel

I don't care for success. The ideas sitting in my head are annoyed by, and envious of, that which I've already written. — Anton Chekhov

The more kindness shown to an envious man, the worse he becomes. — Helmut Schoeck

Even success softens not the heart of the envious. — Pindar

The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants. — Horace

Mimicry reassures the weak, and the envious fool takes the risk as often as the visionary who mocks the error and leave the man alone. — Paul Theroux

The greatest harm that you can do unto the envious, is to do well. — John Lyly

In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms — John Steinbeck

England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are. — John Cleese

I'm not envious of many things in the world, but I wish I would have come up with that maneuver That is a perfect way to finish off an opponent. — William Regal

The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself — Helmut Schoeck

I'm not envious of Leo [Messi]or Ney [Neymar]. Why would I be? If there is envy in the dressing room, you know it's only going to affect results. — Luis Suarez

While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: pluck the day, put no trust in the future — Horace

The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious. — Baltasar Gracian

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor. — Horace

I've always looked on criticism as a sort of envious tribute. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Pride, anger, gluttony, and idleness are sometimes conquered, but the conversion of a malicious and envious mind is a kind of miracle. — Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont

Critics are the eunuchs of literature. They stand by in envious awe while the whole man and his partner demonstrate the art of living. — John Steinbeck

People ask if I can get it up in the morning. I tell them are you kidding I'm envious of a stiff wind. — Rodney Dangerfield

And I loved the girl precisely because she existed, and I was happy, not envious, that she existed. — Umberto Eco

Those, who are believed to be most self - abased and humble, are generally in reality the most ambitious and envious — Baruch Spinoza

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. — Antisthenes Pinto

She gave an envious thought to the happier lot of men, who are always free to plunge into the healing waters of action. — Henry James

The Number our envious Persons, confirmation our capability. — Oscar Wilde

Directing a movie is the greatest job in the world. I could not be more envious of the guys who get to do it all the time. — Jason Bateman

I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits. — Howard Hodgkin

When an eagle spreads its wings to fly, even the swan is envious. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Never be envious of what someone else has.You don't know the price they paid to get it, and you don't know the price they are paying to keep it. — Stephan Labossiere

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. — Bertrand Russell

RICH, adj. Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property of the indolent, the incompetent, the unthrifty, the envious and the luckless. — Ambrose Bierce

It's okay to be envious - but only of the person you aspire to become. — Rolf Dobelli

The immoral can no more earn respect
Than the envious be rich. — Thiruvalluvar

Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious. — Philip Seymour Hoffman

Mindset matters... always. The difference found between the victorious and the envious, the successful and the haters; is mindset. — Steve Maraboli

The true definition of a phony is a high flyer with low mileage; a person who offers a worldview from the comforts of his/her living room. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World. — William Petty

The envious will die, but envy never. — Moliere

Envy! Envy is the reverse side of a coin called vanity. Nobody is ever envious of others who is not first proud of himself. — John R.W. Stott

The proud man hath no God; the envious
man hath no neighbor; the angry man
hath not himself. — Joseph Hall

It's silly to think the left eye would envy the right or that one foot would be jealous of the other, and yet so often it is the case. — Richelle E. Goodrich

The more a person is inclined to gratitude, the less likely he or she is to be depressed, anxious, lonely, envious, or neurotic. — Sonja Lyubomirsky

Abusing the prosperous in order to curry the favor of the envious, is an old game that still works better than it should. — Edgar Watson Howe

Fire engine red paint job, big block V8 rumbling, the 1968 Ford Mustang elicited envious stares from nearly everyone it passed. — Andrew Clawson

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause. — Baltasar Gracian

I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer. — Moby

I'm the only authentic Vlad. Everyone else is merely an envious imitation. — Jeaniene Frost

Satan the envious said with a sigh: Christians know more about their hell than I — Alfred Kreymborg

I go to readings by fiction writers like Alice Walker, and I'm envious of the level of attention they generate. — Derrick Bell

When we hesitate to change on time, we predispose ourselves to miss the boat that would take us to our envious future... — Assegid Habtewold

I think there is nothing more lovely than the love of two beautiful women who are not envious of each other's charms. — Benjamin Disraeli

In wine is truth, and the truth had all come out, "that is, all the uncleanness of his coarse and envious heart"! — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I'm always slightly envious of people who become extremely rich without anyone knowing who the hell they are, like financiers. — Michael Caine

You are the one. Solid the spaces lean on, envious. You are the baby in the barn. — Sylvia Plath

But to tell you the truth, it is the same for me. I am as envious of her as she is of me. But I have seen her rise and rise. — Philippa Gregory

You meet these people who are confident all the time. They annoy me. And I wonder if it's because I'm envious or if it's because they're shallow. — Guy Pearce

For him in vain the envious seasons roll
Who bears eternal summer in his soul. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

I watch with envious eyes and mind, the single-souled who dare not feel
The wind that blows beyond the moon, who do not hear the fairy reel — Neil Gaiman

That's what is was to be young - to be enthusiastic rather than envious about the good work other people could do. — Kurt Vonnegut

England, bound in with the triumphant sea,
Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege
Of watery Neptune. — William Shakespeare

I never understood the nudity thing. I'm so envious of people who can walk around naked. — Robert Pattinson

Lovely as a spring day but not the sort to make one envious, any more than one would envy the sun its ability to shine. — Julie Anne Long

How envious I am that the sun may kiss your porcelain skin and forever change how the world sees you. — Phar West Nagle

Envious, cold, and lonely. The perfect ingredients for a nice homemade bitter pie. — Cecelia Ahern

Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief
That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she. . . . — William Shakespeare

I'm envious of the pigeon. It doesn't have a care in the world beyond eating, sleeping, and defecating on park statues. That's the life. — C.J. Roberts

And envy, envious of a time when the poet, the mystic, the scientist and the statesman were nobler than the merchant. — Soroosh Shahrivar

Roots never get the appreciation that a flower does, but that doesn't make them envious. — Debasish Mridha