Thomas Otway Quotes

They hate you because you act like you're better than they are

People hate those who make them feel their own inferiority.

When we feel that we lack whatever is needed to secure someone else's esteem, we are very close to hating him

Superiority is always detested.

Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.

I don't get jealousy, I don't get how people hate each other - I never did.

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism.

I know why they don't like me because they want the money I have.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Envy and jealousy are incurable diseases.

Detestation of the high is the involuntary homage of the low.

We had rather do anything than acknowledge the merit of another if we can help it. We cannot bear a superior or an equal. Hence ridicule is sure to prevail over truth, for the malice of mankind, thrown into the scale, gives the casting weight.

We hate it when our friends become successful.

How does hating get started? It's started by the jealous people, and they get mad over the things you have.

People hate it when you're better than them. They ain't hating, start worrying then.

We cuss them because we're not good enough for them. We hate them because they wouldn't look at us, couldn't be bothered to give us an interview. I guess there's a Trent & Brent in every city, in every field. I didn't make it and I don't belong, so I'll just go through life hating them.

A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.

The proud hate pride in others.

The arrogance that accompanies merit offends us even more than the arrogance of people who are lacking in merit: since merit itself offends us.

Some people insist that "mediocre" is better than "best." They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.

Familiarity breeds contempt. By bringing them in close, they realize that you’re just as human as they are. That’s when the madness sets in. They can’t understand why you have more than they do when you’re just a regular human being the same as them. Then they hate you for it. (Leta)

Never hate jealous people. They are jealous because they think you are better than them.

Is that why you hate me?" I ask. "Partly," She admits. "Jealousy is certainly involved. I also think you're a little hard to swallow. With your tacky romantic drama and your defender-of-the-helpless act. Only it isn't an act, which makes you more unbearable. Please feel free to take this personally.

The Superclass tries to promote its values. Ordinary people complain of divine injustice, they envy power, and it pains them to see others having fun. They don’t understand that no one is having fun, that everyone is worried and insecure, and that what the jewels, cars, and fat wallets conceal is a huge inferiority complex.