“I hate Doctors. They think they know more about medicine than everyone else just because they have the letters M.D. after their names.”
If people invested the same amount of energy in self-improvement that they invest in envy, the world would be a much better place.
Here are 10 quotes about that ugliest of all emotions:
- “Envy comes from people’s ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.” – Jean Vanier
- “Envy is an insult to oneself.” – Yevgeny Yevtushenko
- “Envy is like a fly that passes all the body’s sounder parts, and dwells upon the sores.” – Arthur Chapman
- “Envy is the art of counting the other fellow’s blessings instead of your own.” – Harold Coffin
- “Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock.” – Francis Beaumont
- “Envy is a kind of praise.” – John Gay
- “Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.” - William Shenstone
- “Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy.” – Vittorio De Sica
- “The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.” – Victor Hugo
- “When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.” – Tacitus
And my all time favorite envy quote is . . .
- “The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.” – Jim Rohn
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3 responses so far ↓
1 Dude // Jan 26, 2011 at 9:26 pm
Did you know that the most envying people are argentinians, and that is because the only watch the whole world being better in every way compared to them.
2 Peter // Jan 28, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Dude,
Freud might have concluded that you have an inferiority complex when it comes to Argentinians.
3 me // Jul 29, 2011 at 11:32 am
Proud to be an argentinian!
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