# Quote — George Orwell, Burmese Days

> Envy is a horrible thing. It is unlike all other kinds of suffering in that there is no disguising it, no elevating it into tragedy. It is more than merely painful, it is disgusting.

- Author: [George Orwell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell.md)
- Book: [Burmese Days](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Orwell#Burmese_Days_(1934)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days/envy-is-a-horrible

## More from this book

> Beauty is meaningless until it is shared.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days/beauty-is-meaningless.md)

> It is one of the tragedies of the half-educated that they develop late, when they are already committed to some wrong way of life.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days/it-is-one.md)

> An earthquake is such fun when it is over.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-orwell/burmese-days/an-earthquake-is-such.md)