George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695) English politician
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Political Thoughts and Reflections
“Grief and disappointment give rise to anger, anger to envy, envy to malice, and malice to grief again, till the whole circle be completed.”
— David Hume, book A Treatise of Human Nature
Part 1, Section 4
A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40), Book 2: Of the passions
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Hazzen unde nîden
daz muoz der biderbe lîden.
der man der werdet al die vrist,
die wîle und er geniten ist.
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Variant: Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had.
Source: Perfect Match
“If our inward griefs were seen written on our brow, how many would be pitied who are now envied!”
Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782) Italian poet and librettist (born 3 January 1698, died 12 April 1782)
Se a ciascun l'interno affanno
Si leggesse in fronte scritto,
Quanti mai, che invidia fanno,
Ci farebbero pietà!
Part I.
Giuseppe Riconosciuto (1733)