Jeanette Winterson Quotes

When everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it.

Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.

Envy aims very high.

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

I think it's in human nature to want to have more, to compete with the other and, at some level, to be dissatisfied if someone else has more than you.

There are a lot of jealous people out there who would do anything to get this case into their jurisdiction.

Thou shalt not covet; but tradition approves all forms of competition.

To an extent, everyone is jealous of everyone.

Envy, like flames, soars upwards.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

I'm greedy and ambitious like everybody else.

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.

I think envy motivates a lot of people.

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.

Envy is the central fact of American life.

Envy is human nature.

It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree.

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.

There is always greed. There is nothing wrong with greed.

Pride, envy, avarice—these sparks Have set on fire the hearts of all men.

In the nature of man we find three principle causes of quarrel. First, competition; second diffidence; thirdly, glory.

Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present. Fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.

The more you have, the more you want L'appetit vient en mangeant

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