A Quote by Washington Allston
The most common disguise of Envy is in praise of what is subordinate.
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Envy is the most universal passion. We only pride ourselves on the qualities we possess, or think we possess; but we envy the pretensions we have, and those which we have not, and do not even wish for. We envy the greatest qualities and every trifling advantage. We envy the most ridiculous appearance or affectation of superiority. We envy folly and conceit; nay, we go so far as to envy whatever confers distinction of notoriety, even vice and infamy.
Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.
That man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to praise.
Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.
The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible
Envy is a kind of praise.
Envy bestrides praise.
O let me be undone the common way, And have the common comfort to be pity'd, And not be ruin'd in the mask of bliss, And so be envy'd, and be wretched too!
A liberty subject to law and subordinate to the common welfare.
Envy, envy eats them alive. If you had money, they’d envy you that. But since you don’t, they envy you for having such a good, bright, loving daughter. They envy you for just being a happy man. They envy you for not envying them. One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren’t happy merely to be alive but find their happiness only in the misery of others.
Expect not praise without envy until you are dead.
Envy is everywhere. Who is without envy? And most people Are unaware or unashamed of being envious.
The praise we give to new comers into the world arises from the envy we bear to those who are established.
Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.
Envy is of all others the most ungratifying and disconsolate passion. There is power for ambition, pleasure for luxury, and pelf even for covetousness; but envy gets no reward but vexation.
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