Envied – Quotes

There is perhaps no

There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or to be acted out under the guise of virtue. Erich Fromm

Though my friends envied

Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything. Erica Jong

I envied women with signature hair-dos, signature perfumes, signature sign-offs. Novelists who tell Vogue Magazine: “I can’t live without my Smythson notebook, Pomegranate Noir cologne by Jo Malone and Frette sheets”. In the grip of madness, materialism begins to look like an admirable belief system. Emma Forrest

He who has never

He who has never envied the vegetable has missed the human drama. Emile M. Cioran

And I envied her

And I envied her that she had chosen her work herself and was doing what she wanted to do. I don’t suppose I had any idea what I ‘wanted’ and so I was chosen, not choosing. There’s glory and honor in being chosen. But not much room for free will. Elizabeth Wein

A man of fashion

A man of fashion does not like to be reckoned poor, no more than he likes to be reckoned unhappy. We none of us endeavor to be happy, Sir, but merely to be thought so; and for my part, I had rather be in a state of misery, and envied for my supposed happiness, than … Read more

Jealousy is no more

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies. Elizabeth Bowen

I was both very

I was both very successful and very left; the living demonstration of how you could be on the left and still be in the gossip columns and be envied for the money you made. Elia Kazan

If we did but

If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world. Edward Young

The pastoral labours of

The pastoral labours of the archbishop of Constantinople provoked and gradually united against him two sorts of enemies; the aspiring clergy, who envied his success, and the obstinate sinners, who were offended by his reproofs. When Chrysostom thundered from the pulpit of St. Sophia against the degeneracy of the Christians, his shafts were spent among … Read more