Envy
Envy and jealousy are incurable diseases.
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.
Any designer believes his gun is the best, and when its test performance is a bit less impressive compared to others, he feels bitterness and envy.
Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy.
The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.
Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they're big, flashing signs that something needs to change.
If we weren't born with anti-social passions — narcissism, envy, lust, meanness, greed, hunger for power, just to name the more obvious — why the need for so many laws, whether religious or secular, that govern behavior?
We need criminals to identify ourselves with, to secretly envy and to stoutly punish. They do for us the forbidden, illegal things we wish to do.
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.
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.
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