The one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is envious of the eye; the eye is envious of the heart.
I was never jealous of my best friend. But I was envious of his talent. I had achieved my ambition of being in a band and playing live and I wanted him to go on and realize his talent as much as he did.
Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others comes from comparing what they have with what the envious person has, rather than the envious person realising they have more than what they could have and certainly more than some others and being grateful. It is really just an inability to get a correct perspective on their lives.
The benevolent have the advantage of the envious, even in this present life; for the envious man is tormented not only by all the ill that befalls himself, but by all the good that happens to another; whereas the benevolent man is the better prepared to bear his own calamities unruffled, from the complacency and serenity he has secured from contemplating the prosperity of all around him.
And as we are - the world is. That is, if we are greedy, envious, competitive, our society will be competitive, envious, greedy, which brings misery and war. The State is what we are.
You must acquire the trick of ignoring those who do not like you. In my experience, those who do not like you fall into two categories: the stupid, and the envious. The stupid will like you in five years time, the envious never.
I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone - and this is my biggest satisfaction.
I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction.
England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are.
I'm always slightly envious of people who become extremely rich without anyone knowing who the hell they are, like financiers.
For him in vain the envious seasons roll
Who bears eternal summer in his soul.
Cynicism is our shared common language, the Esperanto that actually caught on, and though I'm not fluent in it - I like too many things, and I'm not envious of enough people - I know enough to get by.
I was envious of [Vincent] Van Gogh because I could never make a painting that beautiful! (Ridiculous, I know.) That was when the character of Ivy [Wilkes] began to take shape for me.
I never got to know my grandparents, and I am envious of my friends who have a special relationship with theirs.
Satan the envious said with a sigh: Christians know more about their hell than I
I'm not envious of many things in the world, but I wish I would have come up with that maneuver That is a perfect way to finish off an opponent.