Part 1, Section 4
A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40), Book 2: Of the passions
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Political Thoughts and Reflections
“A worthy man is bound to suffer malice and envy: a man grows in worth so long as he is envied.”
Hazzen unde nîden
daz muoz der biderbe lîden.
der man der werdet al die vrist,
die wîle und er geniten ist.
Source: Tristan, Line 8395
“[ William Tyndale is a man] replete with venomous envy, rancour and malice.”
Letter to Stephen Vaughan after May 1531. (Merriman, i. p. 335.)
“In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief.”
Source: Heart of the Matter
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!”
Se a ciascun l'interno affanno
Si leggesse in fronte scritto,
Quanti mai, che invidia fanno,
Ci farebbero pietà!
Part I.
Giuseppe Riconosciuto (1733)
