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Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.
Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.
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.
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
Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secrecy the human dress.
Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secrecy the human dress.
But through the heart
Should Jealousy its venom once diffuse,
'Tis then delightful misery no more,
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But through the heart
Should Jealousy its venom once diffuse,
'Tis then delightful misery no more,
But agony unmix'd, incessant gall,
Corroding every thought, and blasting all
Love's paradise.
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbour.
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbour.
My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May read more
My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.
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.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.