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They that envy others are their inferiors.
They that envy others are their inferiors.
Envy eats nothing but its own heart
Envy eats nothing but its own heart
Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest
peaks.
[Lat., Summa petit livor: perflant altissima venti.]
Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest
peaks.
[Lat., Summa petit livor: perflant altissima venti.]
Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer.
[Lat., Ingenium magni detractat livor Homeri.]
Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer.
[Lat., Ingenium magni detractat livor Homeri.]
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.
[Lat., A proximis quisque minime anteire vult.]
No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.
[Lat., A proximis quisque minime anteire vult.]
Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.
[Lat., Pascitur in vivis livor; post fata quiescit.]
Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.
[Lat., Pascitur in vivis livor; post fata quiescit.]
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Envy! eldest-born of hell!
Envy! eldest-born of hell!
