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They that envy others are their inferiors.

They that envy others are their inferiors.

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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

by Herodotus Found in: Envy Quotes,
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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.

by Winston Churchill Found in: Envy Quotes,
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Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy read more

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.

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It is better to be envied than pitied.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

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Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

by Gore Vidal 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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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.]

by Titus Livy Found in: Envy Quotes,
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As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

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