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Envy Quotes - Page 10

Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals.

"In Tough Times, Seek the Spirit" by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 27, 2012.

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 (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1466, Delphi Classics

It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.

Truman Capote (2012). “Summer Crossing: A Novel”, p.98, Modern Library

Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.

Philip James Bailey (1845). “Festus: A Poem”, p.86

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

"History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book VIII, section 31,

That incessant envy wherewith the common rate of mankind pursues all superior natures to their own.

Jonathan Swift (1861). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Copious Notes and Additions, and a Memoir of the Author”, p.327