Groucho Marx Quotes

People love to see people fall.

I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

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

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.

People is, I think, it's their nature - some people's nature, in a way, to be angry or jealous or just spiteful about somebody else's blessings.

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

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

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

Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

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

If Watson beats me, at least it won't enjoy it. And there is some solace in that.

A lot of people are jealous about Man United, so they just keep criticising, even when they win.

I love it when the people celebrate when they beat you.

People are looking for a way to tear down anyone who is successful in any arena. That's the way fans are.

There are some who'd hardly lift a finger for kindness, but they would haul up a load of rock to dump on some soul they think's been too lucky.

Envy, envy eats them alive. If you had money, they’d envy you that. But since you don’t, they envy you for having such a good, bright, loving daughter. They envy you for just being a happy man. They envy you for not envying them. One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren’t happy merely to be alive but find their happiness only in the misery of others.

There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck.

There is always the person who's got to stand on the sandcastle, they must crush it.

I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.

When malice is joined to envy, there is given forth poisonous and feculent matter, as ink from the cuttle-fish.

Two or three times a week, I drive by the houses of numbers 78-100 just to rub it in.

There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight.

Men that make Envy and crooked malice nourishment, Dare bite the best.

The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious.