Quotes about envy
25 quotes from 22 people
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919Speech at Kennedy Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island (23 August 1902), Presidential Addresses and State Papers (1910), p. 103.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Julius Caesar (1623), Julius Cæsar (1599), Act I, scene 2, line 208.In contextO, beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-ey’d monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on.I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.
Susan Sontag1933–2004“Susan Sontag Finds Romance,” interview by Leslie Garis, The New York Times (2 August 1992)Don’t be too hard on the envious. Be glad you have, or had in the past, something enviable.
Susan Sontag1933–2004Death Kit (1967), p.73 [Page numbers per the Penguin Modern Classics 2009 Edition]When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.
Leo Tolstoy1828–1910Path of Life (1909), p. 89
Leonardo da Vinci1452–1519XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
H. G. Wells1866–1946The War of the Worlds (1898), Book One: The Coming of the Martians, Chapter IIn context
