Envy and jealousy are the private parts of the human soul. Perhaps the comparison can be extended.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Envy wounds with false accusations, that is with detraction, a thing which scares virtue.

Leonardo da Vinci

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Wherever good fortune enters, envy lays siege to the place and attacks it; and when it departs, sorrow and repentance remain behind.

Leonardo da Vinci

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One of the problems when you become successful is that jealousy and envy inevitably follow. There are people-I categorize them as life's losers-who get their sense of accomplishment and achievement from trying to stop others. As far as I'm concerned, if they had any real ability they wouldn't be fighting me, they'd be doing something constructive themselves.

Donald Trump

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The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.

Rabindranath Tagore

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Envy is a declaration of inferiority.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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