#envious

Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another s. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#dissatisfied #envious #especially #evil #hearts

But we're born as children and we look at the world with open eyes... And we don't judge and we don't betray. We're not jealous. We're not envious. We're not even weary, which is a danger also as kids. They have to learn a certain amount of awareness. ↗

— Colin Farrell

#amount #awareness #betray #born #certain

The Number our envious Persons, confirmation our capability. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#envious #envy #life #life

As time went on, I got envious and wanted to do a lot of stunts myself. ↗

— Lloyd Bridges

#got #i #lot #myself #stunts

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

— Baltasar Gracian

#applause #die #envied #envious #oft

I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits. ↗

— Howard Hodgkin

#artists #envious #few #good #i

I'm envious of actors. You shoot a movie or you do a season of 'Big Love,' and then you're on hiatus and you have a bunch of free time. ↗

— Jack McCollough

#bunch #envious #free #free time #hiatus

My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive. ↗

— Horatio Nelson

#am #country #covet #envious #glory

To seek greatness is the only righteous vengeance. ↗

— Criss Jami

#envious #envy #excellence #greatness #jealous

England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are. ↗

— John Cleese

#being #country #distinguished #embodied #england