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In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.
In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.
 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! 
Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes read more
Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy -- in fact, they're almost incompatible; one emotion hardly leaves room for the other. Both at once can produce unbearable turmoil...
Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.
Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.
The ear of jealousy heareth all things.
The ear of jealousy heareth all things.
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbour.
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbour.
 Nor jealousy
 Was understood, the injur'd lover's hell.  
 Nor jealousy
 Was understood, the injur'd lover's hell. 
 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. 
 Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience 
that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart.  
 Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience 
that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart.