David Hume on envy

Learning has been [a] great loser by being shut up in colleges and cells and secluded from the world and good company.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

Eloquence, when at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection; but addressing itself entirely to the fancy or the affections, captivates the willing hearers, and subdues their understanding.

Such men as he be never at heart’s ease whiles they behold a greater than themselves, and therefore are they very dangerous.

William Shakespeare1564–1616Julius Caesar (1623), Julius Cæsar (1599), Act I, scene 2, line 208.In context

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Josh Billings1818–1885

• Love

I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.

Christopher Marlowe1564–1593