#envy

I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, I've got my name in the golden book and I'm going to be entered into the pearly gates.' ↗

— William Shatner

#entered #envy #gates #going #golden

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it. ↗

— William Shenstone

#apprehension #envy #fear #our #superiority

There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy. ↗

— William Shenstone

#commended #day #envy #fine #fine day

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy. ↗

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

#heart #human #human heart #passion #rooted

I never quite understood these actors - though I envy them sometimes - who can lie out for a year or two. I feel as though time is a real pressing issue, and I want to get as much work done in the time that I have left. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#envy #feel #get #i #i feel

Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit. ↗

— Stendhal

#envy #far #far less #france #less

To walk behind others on a road you are traveling together, to give precedence to others without envy - this is painful for an individual and painful for a nation. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#envy #give #individual #nation #others

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad. ↗

— Tacitus

#disparage #envy #everything #full #good

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#flower #need #numerous #single #thorns

Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy too, because of the solace. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#because #believe #course #envy #even