ENVY   See also: jealousy

嫉妒

Envy provides the mud that failure throws at success.

嫉妒給失敗者爛泥巴,好用來扔成功的人。(嫉妒使失敗者企圖破壞成功者的名聲)

Every time you turn green with envy you are ripe for trouble.

每次當你嫉妒的起勁之際,你就準備面對麻煩了。

Envy, it tortures the affections, it vexes the mind, it inflames the blood, it corrupts the heart, it wastes the spirit; and so it becomes man's tormentor and man's executioner at once.

Thomas Brooks

嫉妒,折磨人的感情,讓人覺得苦惱,情緒激動,讓人心智腐敗,虛耗靈性;如此一來,嫉妒同時成了虐待者及行刑者。

Envy is a denial of providence.

Stephen Charnock

嫉妒就是否認上帝的保守眷顧。

As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.

Chrysostom

如同蛀蟲侵蝕衣服,嫉妒侵蝕人心。

It is as hard to keep our hearts and envy asunder as it is to hinder two lovers from meeting together.

William Gurnall

實在很難將我們的心與嫉妒分開,這就像要攔阻一對戀人見面一樣難。

Envy of another man's calling can work havoc in our own

Watchman Nee

嫉妒別人的蒙召就會破壞我們的蒙召。

There is no worse passion than envy.

William S. Plumer

再沒有比嫉妒還糟糕的激情。

Envy and malice are quick-sighted.

Richard Sibbes

嫉妒與敵意可眼尖得很。(隨時可以找到讓人嫉妒及產生敵意的東西)

Our envy of others devours us most of all.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

我們的嫉妒吞噬了我們大半生命。

Envy can be a positive motivator.  Let it inspire you to work harder for what you want.

Robert Bringle

妒忌可以成為積極的推動力,激勵你為達成心願而更努力。