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    Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one's self-respect. For jealous people, like dope-fiends, stoop to the lowest level and in the end inspire only disgust and loathing.

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Entire affection hateth nicer hands.

Entire affection hateth nicer hands.

by Edmund Spenser Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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As iron is eaten by rust, so are the envious consumed by envy.

As iron is eaten by rust, so are the envious consumed by envy.

by Antisthenes Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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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.

by Pete Fountain Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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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.

by William Blake Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.

Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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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.

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Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

by Havelock Ellis Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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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.

by James Thomson (1) Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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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.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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