Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not.
~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy.
~ Francis Bacon

Nothing sharpens sight like envy.
~ Thomas Fuller

Oh, what a bitter thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.
~ William Shakespeare

Rust consumes iron and envy consumes itself.
~ Danish Proverb

Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
~ Henry Fielding

The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for themselves and for others) of their power.
~ John Berger

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
~ Baltasar Gracian

The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.
~ Socrates

The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

There is no sweeter sound than the crumbling of ones fellow man.
~ Groucho Marx

They that envy others are their inferiors.
~ Saying

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
~ Gore Vidal