As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by thei

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. – Antisthenes

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Jealousy
category

No jealousy their dawn of love overcast, nor blasted were their wedded days with strife each season looked delightful as it past, to the fond husband and the faithful wife. – James Beattie

Category:
Jealousy

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others. – Ambrose Bierce

Category:
Jealousy

The knives of jealousy are honed on details. – Ruth Rendell

Category:
Jealousy

I have experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from men, but I have also experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from women, usually when I failed to respond to their advances. – Julie Burchill

Category:
Jealousy

Random Quotes

Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldnt want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know your bank account of knowledge is much richer. – William Holden

Category:
Knowledge

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything. – Napoleon Bonaparte

Category:
Risk

I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used slates and set on the hued down logs for seats. – Joe Davis

Category:
teacher

You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just whats in your heart. – Carol Ann Duffy

Category:
Poetry