From Wikipedia:
Envy may be defined as an emotion that "occurs when a person lacks another’s superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it."[1]
It can also derive from a sense of low self-esteem that results from an upward social comparison threatening a person's self image: another person has something that the envier considers to be important to have. If the other person is perceived to be similar to the envier, the aroused envy will be particularly intense, because it signals to the envier that it just as well could have been him or her who had the desired object.[2][3]
Bertrand Russell said envy was one of the most potent causes of unhappiness.[4] It is a universal and most unfortunate aspect of human nature because not only is the envious person rendered unhappy by his envy, but also wishes to inflict misfortune on others.
It's no wonder envy is one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Envy begets acts of evil for the purpose of destruction. Envy broods in the mind and festers in the heart. Envy is the vice, and kindness is the virtue. For as long as people are envious of what I possess, I shall be sympathetic of what they lack. Through my kindness, I will continue to flourish. And through their malevolence, they will continue to fade.
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