Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

All the vices, Sancho, bring some kind of pleasure with them; but envy brings nothing but irritation, bitterness, and rage.

Envy and hatred go together. Mutually strengthened by the fact pursue the same object.

Hatred is active displeasure, envy passive. We need not wonder that envy turns to soon to hatred.

Even success softens not the heart of the envious.

Spite is never lonely; envy always tags along.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.

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

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.

People love to hate other people.

Allah never gave such as this to any people without that giving rise to mutual envy and hatred.

The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.

The hater always suffers more than the object of his hatred.

Hating someone is feeling irritation by their mere existence.

Jealousy is such an ugly emotion.

Envy is a horrible thing. It is unlike all other kinds of suffering in that there is no disguising it, no elevating it into tragedy. It is more than merely painful, it is disgusting.

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.

For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.

Envy is everywhere. Who is without envy? And most people Are unaware or unashamed of being envious.

Envy bestrides praise.

Envy awakens at the sound of a distant laugh.

Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy.

Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole.

It was well said that envy keeps no holidays.