Envy

Famous quotes containing the word envy:

“Do not envy the violent and do not choose any of their ways...”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 3:31.

“Great is my envy of you, earth, in your greed
Folding her in invisible embrace,
Denying me the look of the sweet face
Where I found peace from all my strife at need!”
—Petrarch (1304–1374)

“Our envy always lasts longer than the good fortune of those we envy.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)