Potter bears a grudge against potter, and craftsman against craftsman, and beggar is envious of beggar, and bard of bard. – Hesiod
Envy, among other ingredients, has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good fortune. – William Hazlitt
Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it. – Balzac
Envy is ignorance. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
A show of envy is an insult to oneself. – Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Envy is admiration. – Kerttu Wanne, Finnish musician, aphorist
The truest mark of being born with great qualities is being born without envy. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Envy is the only completely destructive attitude I know. – Terho Pursiainen, Finnish writer, theologian
We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all. – Dorothy Day
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead. – Mark Twain
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause. – Baltasar Gracian
Is it not clear, however, that bliss and envy are the numerator and denominator of the fraction called happiness? – Yevgeny Zamyatin
Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks. – Ovid