5 Quotes by Aeschylus about envy


  • Author Aeschylus
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    For not many men . . . can love a friend who fortune prospers without envying; and about the envious brain cold poison clings and doubles all the pain life brings him. His own woundings he must nurse, and feel another's gladness like a curse.

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    In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him.

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    There's only few people who have strength to honor someone's achievement without envy.

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