#envy

There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as 'moral indignation,' which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#double-standards #envy #hate #indignation #morality

It does wonders for my own psyche to turn envy into inspiration. No matter how successful we become, we're never above that. ↗

— Hillman Curtis

#design #envy #inspiration #psyche #self

You're shagging a woman who can turn into a dragon? Blast you, Charles, I am sick with envy! ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#envy

To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#envy

To look in the face of hard things and keep moving forward - that's what one has to do. ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#envy

Heart-stopping envy is the sincerest form of flattery. ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#flattery #envy

I envy what I fear and hate what I envy. ↗

— Holly Black

#faery #envy

It was only recently that Isabelle had realized other girls weren’t just for envying, avoiding, or disliking. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#envy

It is a truth universally acknowledge that there will always be a gentleman to dance with, except at just the moment when you require one most. ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#gentlemen #paraphrased #universal-truths #envy

Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything. ↗

— Erica Jong

#envy