Envy breeds hate.
- Yiddish Proverb
Envy comes from people's ignorance of,
or lack of belief in, their own gifts.
- Jean Vanier
Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike;
there is but one step from envy to hate.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is not the man who has too little,
but the man who craves more, that is poor.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house;
you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife,
nor his male servant, nor his female servant,
nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.
- Exodus 20:17
The envious person grows lean
with the fatness of their neighbor.
- Socrates
Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.
- Joseph Epstein
Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
- Socrates
Further reading: Comparisons are Odious
Burden of Jealousy
Zero-Based Gratitude
Disappointment (Unmet Expectation)
How to Be Yourself
