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)

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

“Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)