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quotes by topic Envy

" Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that. "

Power , Jealousy , Envy

" The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous. "

Rabindranath Tagore

Envy

" They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it. "

Envy , Honesty

" The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring. "

Hate , Envy

" A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned. "

Will , Violence , Faith , Sense , Hate , Feelings , Loyalty , Envy , crime

" Men know they are sexual exiles. They wander the earth seeking satisfaction, craving and despising, never content. There is nothing in that anguished motion for women to envy. "

Nothing , Men , Content , Earth , Satisfaction , Envy , Women

" Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had. "

Envy , ethical

" Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in the coarse pleasures he indulges in today -- gluttony, fornication, ostentation, boasting, and envious vying with his neighbor? I am certain this is not a vain hope and that the day will come soon. "

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Envy

" Though I have said that I envy the normal man to the last drop of my bile, yet I should not care to be in his place such as he is now (though I shall not cease envying him). No, no; anyway the underground life is more advantageous. There, at any rate, one can ‚Ä¶ Oh, but even now I am lying! I am lying because I know myself that it is not underground that is better, but something different, quite different, for which I am thirsting, but which I cannot find! Damn underground! "

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Envy , Lie

" Fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion. "

Jalaluddin Rumi

Luck , Fortune , Envy

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