It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend
who has prospered.
Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC), Agamemnon
Our envy of others devours us most of all.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918 - )
Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him.
Bible, Old Testament
Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
Erica Jong, Fear of Flying, 1973
Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.
H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946), The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914)
It is better to be envied than pitied.
Herodotus (484 BC - 430 BC), The Histories of Herodotus
Envy can be a positive motivator. Let it inspire you to work harder
for what you want.
Robert Bringle, quoted in Redbook
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my
toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
Sallust (86 BC - 34 BC)
Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Othello",
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