#envy

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy. ↗

— Aristotle

#allow #base #belongs #both #does

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. ↗

— Aeschylus

#envy #few #few men #friend #honor

Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock. ↗

— Francis Beaumont

#deer #envy #fairest #fattest #flock

Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#cannot #cured #democracy #engine #envy

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope. ↗

— Josh Billings

#envy #looks #microscope #telescope #through

Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion. ↗

— Eubie Blake

#anyone #emotion #envy #friend #got

To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#envy #even #insignificant #kind #most

When I went to Philadelphia I was 26 years old and really sitting on top of the world. Family life, a professional career, plenty of friends and associates, and a good reputation, a wish list that could be the envy of many. ↗

— Julius Erving

#career #could #envy #family #family life

I do have height envy. I'm 5'1 and my sisters are giants so I do have height envy. ↗

— Toni Braxton

#giants #height #i #i do #sisters

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#begets #emulation #envy #great #great souls