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It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.
It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.
Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.
Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.
 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. 
I've never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished the fifth grade a year before I did.
I've never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished the fifth grade a year before I did.
What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any read more
What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any jealousy.
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.
 Men are the cause of women not loving one another.
 [Fr., Les hommes sont la cause que les femmes read more 
 Men are the cause of women not loving one another.
 [Fr., Les hommes sont la cause que les femmes ne s'aiment point.] 
 Can't I another's face commend,
 Or to her virtues be a friend,
  But instantly your forehead louers,
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 Can't I another's face commend,
 Or to her virtues be a friend,
  But instantly your forehead louers,
   As if her merit lessen'd yours? 
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.