Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes about Envy
Hatred is active displeasure, envy passive. We need not wonder that envy turns to soon to hatred.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.78, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2013). “Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)”, p.3574, Delphi Classics
The world of empirical morality consists for the most part of nothing but ill will and envy.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.80, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1850). “Truth and Poetry: from My Own Life; Or, The Autobiography of Goethe”, p.92