Jealousy

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC), Agamemnon Our envy of others devours us most of all. Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918 - ) Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him. Bible, Old Testament Jealousy is all the fun you think they had. Erica Jong, Fear of Flying, 1973 Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946), The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914) It is better to be envied than pitied. Herodotus (484 BC - 430 BC), The Histories of Herodotus Envy can be a positive motivator. Let it inspire you to work harder for what you want. Robert Bringle, quoted in Redbook They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it. Sallust (86 BC - 34 BC) Envy is the ulcer of the soul. Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC) O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!It is the green-eyed monster which doth mockThe meat it feeds on. William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Othello", Act 3 scene 3