Quotes with envious

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  • Barry Humphries Although there were many who did the dirty on him in the envious world of letters, Stephen* never let any of them live rent-free in his brain.
    My Life as Me: A Memoir
    Barry Humphries
    Australian comedian, actor, artist, and author (1934 - 2023)
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  • Antisthenes As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
    Antisthenes
    Greek philosopher (445 - 365)
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  • William James Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Barry Munro I judge the relative strength of a man by how envious they become, of others, who enjoy a measure of success.
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  • Arthur Keith Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.
    Arthur Keith
    Scottish anatomist and anthropologist (1866 - 1952)
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  • Desiderius Erasmus Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another s.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Baltasar Gracián The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Socrates The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Breyten Breytenbach The goal, I submit, is obvious: subjugating the world (which is barbarian, dangerous, envious and ungrateful) to US power for the sake of America's interests.
    Breyten Breytenbach
    South African writer and painter (1939 - )
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  • Barbara Kingsolver There are days when I am envious of my hens: when I hunger for a purpose as perfect and sure as a single daily egg.
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • William Hazlitt There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiless, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than the Public. It is the greatest of cowards, for it is afraid of itself.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Baruch Spinoza Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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