The envious are more likely to be mollified by seeing others deprived of some advantage than by gaining it for themselves. It is not what they lack that chiefly troubles them, but what others have.


The Wisdom of Henry Hazlitt (ed. Foundation for Economic Education, 1993)

Henry Hazlitt Quotes

The envious are more likely to be mollified by seeing others deprived of some advantage than by gaining it for themselves. It is not what they lack...

The envious are more likely to be mollified by seeing others deprived of some advantage than by gaining it for themselves. It is not what they lack...

The envious are more likely to be mollified by seeing others deprived of some advantage than by gaining it for themselves. It is not what they lack...

The envious are more likely to be mollified by seeing others deprived of some advantage than by gaining it for themselves. It is not what they lack...