#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

Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the world and should be a source of pride. ↗

— Arthur C. Brooks

#contrary #envy #free #free markets #incomes

Nearly every glamorous, wealthy, successful career woman you might envy now started out as some kind of schlep. ↗

— Helen Gurley Brown

#envy #every #glamorous #kind #might

I don't envy men and I certainly wouldn't like to become one now. ↗

— Louise Brown

#certainly #envy #i #like #men

Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#cheeks #draw #envy #thy #wrinkles

This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt too high. ↗