In the "rock circles" that was strongly despised and naturally, envied. Necker was envied by his contemporaries for his fabulous wealth. However, the young king's mother and her relatives envied and hated Lycurgus. Envy was thought to bring bad luck to the person envied. A Muslim should not allow his envy to inflict harm upon the envied person. Walton was envied by his less industrious neighbors. It was once thought that intellectuals were nerdy because they were envied. A wise man would rather be envied than miserable. One ancient Greek male idea of female sexuality was that women envied penises of males. Talbot is also envied by the hunchback Daniel as both love Ilonka, a gypsy girl. Marbo envied her and wasted the flour. Enid Bagnold published "The Loved and Envied" () in 1951. He envied ventriloquist Edgar Bergen for his ability to appeal to a mature audience. They envied the growing community of Mashpee. There were reprisals, contemporary sources speaking of "the living envied the dead".