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Nor jealousy
Was understood, the injur'd lover's hell.
Nor jealousy
Was understood, the injur'd lover's hell.
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.
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 jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on.
O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on.
Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.
Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.
The venom clamours of a jealous woman poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth.
The venom clamours of a jealous woman poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth.
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.]