Quote by William Shakespeare

Oh, what a bitter thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.

Oh, what a bitter thing it is to look into happiness through

Summary

This quote expresses the bitter feeling of longing and envy that arises when one is unable to experience happiness firsthand and must rely on the perspectives and experiences of others. It implies that relying on secondhand accounts or observation of others' happiness can never truly replace the personal experience and satisfaction one derives from their own joyful moments. Ultimately, it highlights the inherent limitation and sense of dissatisfaction that comes from living vicariously through others' happiness.

Topics

Envy / Jealousy

By William Shakespeare

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I think it's great that she's not perfect and wasn't perfect

I think it's great that she's not perfect and wasn't perfect. I think that's maybe why so many young girls and different people look up to Mac and respect her even more.

Respect

I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imaginat

I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imagination is not only possible, but always on the cusp of becoming real.

Imagination

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise.

Wisdom

Of course it's true: the public want to see young people - y

Of course it's true: the public want to see young people - young people are the people who go to the cinema. It's a sad fact of life, but you've got to accept it and not whine about it.

Sad

Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections o

Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature which one would think, might dispose us to modesty.

Learning

Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temp

Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of charitable design, and with hope to reclaim them.

Design

We become actors without realizing it, and actors without wa

We become actors without realizing it, and actors without wanting to.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Acting Actors

Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support

Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.

Programs & Programming

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

Habit

If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a

If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being.

Failure

Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language

Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.

Martin Heidegger

Language

The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less wo

The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less worthy of veneration in respect to what it denies us than in respect to what it has granted.

Wisdom Life