Horace Quotes

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

Envy and jealousy are incurable diseases.

Envy is the religion of the mediocre

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

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

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

It's easy in this world, in this business, to get caught up and get jealous of people.

To an extent, everyone is jealous of everyone.

The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious.

Envy and jealousy stem from the fundamental inability to rejoice at someone else's happiness or success

Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.

Even success softens not the heart of the envious.

I was always jealous of something getting more attention.

Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.

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.

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

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

Envy is human nature.

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.

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

Carrying envy makes life more difficult.

It's hard to find someone who is really genuinely happy for you if you are having success and they're not.