66 Proverbs about Envy / Page 2
21. Kiss the hand of your enemy if you cannot chop it off: Envy has no rest.
22. From the well of envy, only a fool drinks the water.
23. Between imitation and envy, imitation is better.
24. One who carries a pot of honey doesn't envy the sugarcane farmer.
25. If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity.
26. Envy does not enter empty houses.
27. Envy does not enter an empty house.
28. Envy is its own torturer.
29. Envy was never a good spokesman.
30. If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill.
31. Rust consumes iron, and envy consumes itself.
32. When fortune's chariot rolls easily, envy and shame cling to the wheels.
33. Neighbours bring comfort in adversity but only envy in success.
34. If envy would burn, there would be no need for wood.
35. Those who envy die, but envy stays alive.
36. Envy goes beyond avarice.
37. The enemy's own punishment is his envy.
38. Envy can breed swans from bad duck eggs.
39. Envy sees the sea but not the rocks.
40. You'd better have one hundred who envy you than one who is sorry for you.
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