If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. – Danish Proverb Category: JealousyAuthorDanish ProverbRead Quote
The nobler the blood the less the pride. – Danish proverb Category: PrideAuthorDanish ProverbRead Quote
The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for themselves and for others) of their power. – John Berger Category: Envy / Jealousy
To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self, an impossible claim that one should be at once Rose Bowl princess, medieval scholar, Saint Joan, Milly Theale, Temple Drake, Eleanor of Aquitaine, one – Joan Didion Category: Envy / Jealousy
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another. – Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard Category: Labor Day