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“Even in those cities which seem to enjoy peace, and where the arts flourish, the inhabitants are devoured by more envy, care, and uneasiness than are experienced by a besieged town.” Voltaire, Candide
“Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
“The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy.” Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“Av'rice, envy, pride, Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all On fire.” Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy
“In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.” John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
“The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor, who are often both driven by want, and prompted by envy to invade his possessions.” Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
“what a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther
“Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“Still am I the richest and most to be envied—I, the lonesomest one!” Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“Think not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
“Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace to silence envious tongues.” William Shakespeare, Henry VIII

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