Baltasar Gracian Quotes

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

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

I don't have time for their judgement and their stupidity and you know they lay down with their ugly wives in front of their ugly children and look at their loser lives and then they look at me and they say, 'I can't process it' well, no, you never will stop trying, just sit back and enjoy the show. You know?

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

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

I've never been jealous. I've never had to be.

The more you win, the less people like you.

People hate those who make them feel their own inferiority.

HATRED, n. A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority.

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

Maybe they hate me because I'm too good!

The proud hate pride in others.

Base natures ever judge a thing above them, and hate a power they are too much obliged to.

The higher you ascend, the smaller you appear to the eye of envy. But most of all they hate those who fly.

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

It's not people who resent successful people; it's resentful people who resent successful people.

Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

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

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but in a kind of, you-must-think-you're-really-special way.

You could literally be perfect and people would still hate you, for being perfect.

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

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

I do not say anything from jealousy.