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38,797. Jim to Sir Humphrey: It’s envy you know. Dudley is consumed with envy.
Bernard: It’s one of the seven Dudley sins. (Government & Envy) Yes, Prime Minister s2e1: Man Overboard, BBC 1981
71,437. Envy is the ulcer of the soul. Socrates
127,022. Envy is the central fact of American life. (Biography & Envy) Gore Vidal, cited Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
53,791. But O! how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes. (Happiness & Envy) William Shakespeare, As You Like It V ii 41-42, Orlando
63,164. Such men as he be never at heart’s ease,
Whiles they behold a greater than themselves,
And therefore are they very dangerous.
I rather tell thee what is to be feared
Than what I fear, for always I am Caesar. (Ambition & Envy & Jealousy) William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar I ii 207
71,438. Envy’s a sharper spur than pay,
No author ever spared a brother,
Wits are gamecocks to one another. John Gay, Fables 1727
71,439. For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. (Envy & Wrath) Job 5:2
71,440. Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? (Wrath & Envy & Anger) Proverbs 27:4
54,817. Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee. Ezekiel 35:11
71,441. Through envy of the devil came death into the world. (Envy & Devil) Wisdom of Solomon 2:24
71,442. Envy and wrath shorten the life. (Envy & Wrath) Ecclesiasticus 30:24
34,793. Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn’t that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you. (Monroe & Success & Envy & Hate) Marilyn Monroe
71,444. Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. Buddha
71,445. Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that. (Envy & Jealousy) Oliver Stone
71,446. Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly. (Envy & Malcolm X) Malcolm X
71,447. Never envy a man his lady. Behind it all lays a living hell. Charles Bukowski
71,448. The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build. (Envy & Thatcher) Margaret Thatcher
71,449. Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy. Heraclitus
71,450. When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people. (Envy & Say) Lucius Annaeus Seneca
71,451. Oh God, don’t envy me; I have my own pains. Barbra Streisand
71,452. There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
71,453. Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all. Joseph Epstein
71,454. Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck. (Envy & Luck) F Scott Fitzgerald
71,455. To feel envy is human, to savour schadenfreude is devilish. Arthur Schopenhauer, On Human Nature
71,456. Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him. Ovid
40,357. I’ve never felt envy in my life ... But I do feel envy when this particular man [Don Revie] has got this particular job [England manager]. (Football & Envy & Job) Brian Clough, interview David Frost 1974