Quotes of Envied - somelinesforyou

“ Nothing is so envied as genius, nothing so hopeless of attainment by labor alone. Though labor always accompanies the greatest genius, without the intellectual gift labor alone will do little. ”

- B. R. Hayden

“ My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied. ”

- Horatio Nelson

“ The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious. ”

- Baltasar Gracian

“ The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and un envied. ”

- Francis Bacon

“ The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause. ”

- Baltasar Gracian

“ The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion of their power. ”

- John Berger

“ The best condition in life is not to be so rich as to be envied nor so poor as to be damned. ”

- Josh Billings

“ Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted. ”

- Unknown

“ My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied. ”

- Irving Layton

“ Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied. ”

- Charles Caleb Colton

“ Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared, but only men of character are trusted. ”

- Zig Ziglar

“ Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied. ”

- Mark Twain

“ How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied. ”

- Herodotus

“ He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living. ”

- Horace

“ It is better to be envied than pitied. ”

- Herodotus
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