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 The damning tho't stuck in my throat and cut me like a knife,
 That she, whom all my life read more 
 The damning tho't stuck in my throat and cut me like a knife,
 That she, whom all my life I'd loved, should be another's wife. 
 Nor jealousy
 Was understood, the injur'd lover's hell.  
 Nor jealousy
 Was understood, the injur'd lover's hell. 
In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.
In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.
Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occupied with being jealous read more
Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occupied with being jealous of other women's husbands.
 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.] 
Love sees sharply, hatred sees even more sharp, but Jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at read more
Love sees sharply, hatred sees even more sharp, but Jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at the same time
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...
He that is jealous is not in love.
He that is jealous is not in love.
Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.
Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.