Envy Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Envy


As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man. —Antisthenes	1
Envy, like merit, doth its shade pursue. —Antisthenes	2
Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart, like a viper in its hole. —Honoré de Balzac	3
Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock. —Francis Beaumont	4
A rustinesse consumeth iron: So envie consumeth the envious man. —Anthonie Fletcher (Certain Very Proper and Profitable Similes, 1595)	5
As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man. —Saint Chrysostom	6
Envy, like a cold prison, benumbs and stupefies; and, conscious of its own impatience, folds its arms in despair. —Jeremy Collier	7
Pity and envy, like oil and vinegar, assimilate not. —C. C. Colton	8
Envy excels in exciting jealousy, as a rat draws the crocodile from its hole. —Victor Hugo	9
Envy, like a flame soars upward. —Lyvy	10
Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach. —J. Petit-Senn	11