The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
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.
Man is by nature competitive combative ambitious jealous envious and vengeful.
The envious die not once but as oft as the envied win applause.
As iron is eaten away by rust so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.
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.
It's funny that I got to do 'On the Road' because the thing that had the biggest impact on me growing up was reading books. I was very inspired by the book and this spirit of Dean Moriarty and how envious we all are of somebody who can be that carefree.