Miguel de Cervantes Quotes About Envy

Quotes about: Envy

• Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Generosity, Envy, Reign

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). “Don Quixote”, p.450, Collector's Library

• All the vices, Sancho, bring some kind of pleasure with them; but envy brings nothing but irritation, bitterness, and rage.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Irritation, Envy, Vices

  Miguel de Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). “Don Quixote: Easyread Large Edition”, p.119, ReadHowYouWant.com

• In short, virtue cannot live where envy reigns, nor liberality subsist with niggardliness.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Envy, Reign, Virtue

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1749). “The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish of Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra. By Charles Jarvis Esq; ...”, p.441

• If thou takest virtue for the rule of life, and valuest thyself upon acting in all things comfortably thereto, thou wilt have no cause to envy lords and princes; for blood is inherited, but virtue is common property, and may be acquired by all; it has, moreover, an intrinsic worth, which blood has not.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Blood, Envy, Acting

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