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    Then grew a wrinkle on fair Venus' brow,
    The amber sweet of love is turn'd to gall!
    Gloomy was Heaven; bright Phoebus did avow
    He would be coy, and would not love at all;
    Swearing no greater mischief could be wrought,
    Than love united to a jealous thought.

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In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.

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So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.

So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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O jealousy,
Thou ugliest fiend of hell! thy deadly venom
Preys on my vitals, turns the healthful read more

O jealousy,
Thou ugliest fiend of hell! thy deadly venom
Preys on my vitals, turns the healthful hue
Of my flesh check to haggard sallowness,
And drinks my spirit up!

by Hannah More Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.

Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.

by Germaine Greer Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.

by Dr Samuel Johnson Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

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Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

by John Dryden Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the read more

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

by Aristotle Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that
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Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that
supplants us all in the long run.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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