Heraclitus Quotes

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.

Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.

Carrying envy makes life more difficult.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

Envy is human nature.

Everybody always thinks the grass is always greener.

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.

That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.

Envy and jealousy are incurable diseases.

No one would deny that feeling envy is unpleasant, or that feeling envious sometimes leads us down a path we wish we hadn't taken. Envy is frequently corrosive and destructive.

I was always jealous of something getting more attention.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

Being jealous of a friend doesn't mean you hate her or wish her ill.

Envy awakens at the sound of a distant laugh.

Our envy always outlives the felicity of its object.

I think some of the people on the Left... were extremely jealous of me getting what they thought was all of the attention.

How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.

Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly.

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

I think it bothers people to see people that are happy and successful. So they try to find what's wrong with them.

Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.

I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those that are successful.

What's more ludicrous is the whole idea of me being jealous and competitive.

Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly.