You May Also Like / View all maxioms
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, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave,
Is emulation in the learn'd or brave.
Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave,
Is emulation in the learn'd or brave.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the read more
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
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.
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
Envy eats nothing but its own heart
Envy eats nothing but its own heart
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.]
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.
