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The artist envies what the arties gains,
The bard the rival bard's successful strains.

The artist envies what the arties gains,
The bard the rival bard's successful strains.

by Hesiod Found in: Envy Quotes,
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Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy.
[Lat., Rabiem livoris acerbi
Nulla potest placare quies.]

Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy.
[Lat., Rabiem livoris acerbi
Nulla potest placare quies.]

by Claudian (claudianus) Found in: Envy Quotes,
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The truest mark of being born with great qualities, is being born without envy.

The truest mark of being born with great qualities, is being born without envy.

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If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be read more

If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world.

by Young Found in: Envy Quotes,
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They that envy others are their inferiors.

They that envy others are their inferiors.

by Saying Found in: Envy Quotes,
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The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than
envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
[Lat., Invidus read more

The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than
envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
[Lat., Invidus alterius marescit rebus opimis;
Invidia Siculi non invenere tyranni
Majus tormentus.]

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Envy's a sharper spur than pay:
No author ever spar'd a brother;
Wits are gamecocks to one read more

Envy's a sharper spur than pay:
No author ever spar'd a brother;
Wits are gamecocks to one another.

by John Gay Found in: Envy Quotes,
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Our envy of others devours us most of all.

Our envy of others devours us most of all.

by Alexander Solzhenitsyn Found in: Envy Quotes,
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Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him.

Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him.

by Old Testament Found in: Envy Quotes,
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