Envy Quotes
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The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.
Victor Hugo
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The world of empirical morality consists for the most part of nothing but ill will and envy.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.
Jean Vanier
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Envy is a littleness of soul, which cannot see beyond a certain point, and if it does not occupy the whole space feels itself excluded.
William Hazlitt
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We like the idea of childhood but are not always crazy about the kids we know. We like it, that is, when we are imagining our ownchildhoods. So part of our apparent appreciation of youth is simply envy.
William C. Somerville
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Sickened by vermin that feed, in the shade of the good, on envy, greed, and suspicion, by the snake-like hissing of venomous tongues that fear hate and revile the mystery of free thought and upright heart The spirit would cast aside all deceit, open his heart to the spirit he trusts, and unite with him freely as one.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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I envy those old Greek bathers, into whose hands were delivered Pericles, and Alcibiades, and the perfect models of Phidias. They had daily before their eyes the highest types of Beauty which the world has ever produced; for of all things that are beautiful, the human body is the crown.
Bayard Taylor
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It often happens that we are most touched by what we are least capable of. Evanescent delicacy is not the quality in the arts that I admire most, but it is often the characteristic by which I am most reduced to envy.
Clive James
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If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.
Charley Reese
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While many people overseas envy Korea's development, it is true that society has many problems such as economic polarization and a low birthrate.
Chey Tae-won
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Envy wounds with false accusations, that is with detraction, a thing which scares virtue.
Leonardo da Vinci
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Bryan Adams might not be what I want to put on, but he's a pop singer with a great voice and great guitar tone. Plus, he's done more for Canada than Rush have, because he works all the time. I envy him for that.
Alex Lifeson
Rush