Envy

"When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad."tacitus


"Such men as he be never at heart's ease whiles they behold a greater than themselves, and therefore are they very dangerous." William Shakespear


Envy is like a fly that passes all the body's sounder parts, and dwells upon the sores.
Arthur Chapman

A self-poisoning of the mind, envy is usually less about what one lacks than about what other people have.
Joseph Epstein