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The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.

Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we need solutions.

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye.

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy.

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy.

I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.

I never quite understood these actors - though I envy them sometimes - who can lie out for a year or two. I feel as though time is a real pressing issue, and I want to get as much work done in the time that I have left.

Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit.

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.

To walk behind others on a road you are traveling together, to give precedence to others without envy - this is painful for an individual and painful for a nation.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.

Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy too, because of the solace.

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.

With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy.