#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

Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities. ↗

— Criss Jami

#creative #creativity #disagreeable #envy #intimidating

If only these walls could talk…the world would know just how hard it is to tell the truth in a story in which everyone’s a liar. ↗

— Gregg Olsen

#writing #envy

It's the most charming thing about humans. You are all so sure that the lesser animals are bleeding with envy because they didn't have the good fortune to be born Homo sapiens. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#envy

‎He often envied people who hadn't read his favourite books. They had such happiness before them. ↗

— Charles Finch

#envy

By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy. ↗

— George Bancroft

#consent #crown #envy #excite #glory

I had forgotten. Disgust shadows desire. Another life is never safely envied. ↗

— Robert Wells

#disgust #envy #life #pillar #poem

God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#envy #god #hatred #judges #love

A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned. ↗

— Xun Zi

#any #born #crime #envy #faith