Envy

Famous quotes containing the word envy:

“Dead men may envy living mites in cheese,
Or good germs even. Microbes have their joys,
And subdivide, and never come to death.”
—Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)

“A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry principle in the mind is of infinite consequence.”
—Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)

“O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good!—I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)