Quoting%20commentary for Pirkei Avot 2:11

רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, עַיִן הָרָע, וְיֵצֶר הָרָע, וְשִׂנְאַת הַבְּרִיּוֹת, מוֹצִיאִין אֶת הָאָדָם מִן הָעוֹלָם:

R. Yehoshua says: An evil eye, [i.e., not being content with what one has and pursuing other things. Others read it: "the evil eye" — casting the evil eye at his friend's wealth or at his children and harming him], and the evil inclination, and [vain] hatred of men. [Rambam explains: spurning the company of men and loving to sit alone. I have heard (in interpretation): hating men and causing all men to hate him] take a man out of the world.

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