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Envy10 quotes
Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1908Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. — God · 1405 BCFor few there are among men in whom it is inborn to admire without envy a friend's good fortune. — Aeschylus · 458 BCThe covetous man is ever in want. — Horace · 20 BCWhenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies. — Gore Vidal · 1973How comes it, Maecenas, that no man living is content with the lot that either his choice has given him, or chance has thrown in his way, but each has praise for those who follow other paths? — Horace · 35 BCAll 10 quotes →Friends3 quotes
For few there are among men in whom it is inborn to admire without envy a friend's good fortune. — Aeschylus · 458 BCWhenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies. — Gore Vidal · 1973Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature...to sympathise with a friend's success. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Friendship2 quotes
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies. — Gore Vidal · 1973Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature...to sympathise with a friend's success. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Acquisitiveness1 quote
The covetous man is ever in want. — Horace · 20 BCCoveting1 quote
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. — God · 1405 BCEmpathy1 quote
Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature...to sympathise with a friend's success. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Envy of friends1 quote
For few there are among men in whom it is inborn to admire without envy a friend's good fortune. — Aeschylus · 458 BCInsatiable appetite1 quote
The covetous man is ever in want. — Horace · 20 BCPride1 quote
Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes,
Men would be angels, angels would be gods. — Alexander Pope · 1733Resentment1 quote
Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1908The Ten Commandments1 quote
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. — God · 1405 BC