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32 phrases of envy that portray envious people

32 phrases of envy that portray envious people

March 4, 2024

Envy is an unpleasant feeling that arises when we notice that another person possesses a quality, a good or an undeservedly good treatment that we would like for ourselves. It is a fully human sensation and, nevertheless, it generates discomfort and distrust towards others.

To understand what envy is, just look around . That person who has managed to develop personally or professionally is viewed with distrust and suspicion on the part of other individuals. Envious people can not bear to think that there are other subjects who have had more luck or have reached levels of success superior to them.

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Famous quotes about envy

Through this selection of envy phrases we can recognize this behavior and counteract it. These are famous quotes that tell us about this negative sensation. It is up to us to prevent it from becoming rooted in our way of seeing things.


1. Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy. (François de La Rochefoucauld)

We tend to see the success of others as much more relevant than it really is.

2. Who is not envied, is not worthy to be. (Aeschylus of Eleusis)

A tautology that allows us to reflect.

3. Oh envy, root of infinite evils and decay of the virtues! (Miguel de Cervantes)

On the negativity that envy generates.

4. Mindfulness extinguishes envy and jealousy, since by focusing on the here and now the anxiety for the 'should be' disappears. (Jonathan García-Allen)

The ability of Mindfulness to restore our emotional intelligence is proven by different studies.


5. Do not envy the wealth of your neighbor. (Homer)

Money comes and goes, no human being should be envied because of their economic capacity.

6. In the fields of others, the harvest is always more abundant. (Ovidio)

We tend to yearn for the riches of others, but when we see them in the first person they do not seem to be a reason for envy really justified.

7. The envious one may die, but never envy. (Molière)

Famous phrase of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin.

8. The subject of envy is very Spanish. Spanish people are always thinking about envy. To say that something is good they say: "It is enviable." (Jorge Luis Borges)

A way of being that is very consolidated in the Spanish culture.

9. All the tyrants of Sicily have never invented a torment greater than envy. (Horacio)

The Latin poet was clear that envy is one of the greatest evils that a person can feel.


10. Envy is so thin and yellow because it bites and does not eat. (Francisco de Quevedo)

It does not allow us to advance in our purposes: envy is such a mean thing.

11. As soon as man abandons envy, he begins to prepare to enter the path of happiness. (Wallace Stevens)

Stripping ourselves of jealousy is how we can draw a happy lifestyle.

12. The healthy envy does not exist: unfortunately, all envy causes a malaise and is a prejudice to achieve our purposes. (Jonathan García-Allen)

A reflection of the Spanish psychologist and coach.

13. Moral outrage is, in most cases, two percent moral, forty-eight percent, indignation, and fifty percent, envy. (Vittorio de Sica)

Percentages to describe the main sources of resentment.

14. If the envy was ringworm, you would not have a single hair left. (Anonymous)

A sentence to dedicate to whoever envies you.

15. Envy is the tribute that mediocrity gives to talent. (Jackson Brown)

When there are no talents, they envy the achievements of others.

16. There are great smiles that hide great traitors. (Anonymous)

Not everything that seems positive has good intentions.

17. The envy of a friend is worse than the hatred of an enemy. (Anonymous)

When you see that a friend thinks you have excessive success, start worrying seriously.

18. Envy is the art of counting the blessings of the other instead of your own. (Harold Coffin)

When we are more aware of the lives of others than of our own ... bad signal.

19. When men are full of envy they despise everything, be it good or bad. (Plubio Cornelio Tacitus)

A feeling that blinds us completely.

20. Do not overvalue what you receive, nor envy others. He who envies others will not obtain peace of mind. (Buddha)

Here are other famous quotes from Buddha.

21. There is only one step from envy to hatred. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

That is why it is important not to get stuck in the anteroom of resentment.

22. When you point a finger, remember that the other three fingers point to you. (English proverb)

An Anglo-Saxon saying that reveals a great truth.

23. If you envy me it is because you do not know what I had to suffer to be who I am. (Anonymous)

Success does not come overnight, so envy is rarely justified.

24. Take care of what you can improve in yourself and do not worry about what others do or appear to be. (Enrique Barrios)

Another phrase of envy that emphasizes stop focusing on others.

25. Envy is a declaration of inferiority. (Napoleon I)

When you envy someone you assume your failure as a human being.

26. The silence of the envious is full of noises. (Khalil Gibra)

A stormy mind generates negative sensations like this one.

27. If envy is a disease, then you get better. (Anonymous)

To dedicate someone who believes you do not deserve what you have.

28. If there were only one immortal man, he would be killed by the envious. (Chumy Chúmez)

A global pandemic, according to the comedian and Spanish film director.

29. Envy, neither have it nor fear it. (Anonymous)

A saying that defines perfectly what our attitude should be to that feeling.

30. Envy, the most petty of vices, crawls on the ground like a snake. (Ovidio)

Another phrase of the Latin writer to define this vulgar feeling.

31. Envy is like debts: the first time it appears it justifies giving it more times. (Adrián Triglia)

A parallel that explains this psychologist and writer from Barcelona.

32. Do not be a slave of envy, understand that life is unfair and fight for your desires. (Bond)

The U2 singer leaves us this positive message.


Dealing With Jealousy (March 2024).


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