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the only sin that promises pleasure but pays exclusively in misery.
means A resentful, aching longing for what someone else has — their luck, their looks, their life — paired with the wish that they didn't have it.
from From Latin invidia, the noun from invidere, literally 'to look against' or 'to look upon with malice' — in (against) plus videre (to see). The Romans pictured envy as a hostile stare, an evil eye fixed on another's good fortune. It came into English through Old French envie.
- color theory
- Greeks blamed it on bile, hence green-faced
- deadly roster
- the lone sin nobody admits to enjoying
- physical toll
- linked to higher inflammation and worse sleep
- word root
- from Latin invidia, meaning to look upon
- sibling rivalry
- distinct from jealousy, which fears losing what you have
for instance
cain and abel — biblical brothers where cain murdered abel out of jealousy over god's favor
salieri and mozart — 18th century composers where salieri's envy of mozart inspired the play amadeus