“Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.”
— George Eliot
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What we used to say was whoever
“What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any jealousy.”
— Pete Fountain
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I like jealous men. I love jealousy.
“I like jealous men. I love jealousy. I do.”
— Adriana Lima
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Those who are believed to be most
“Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.”
— Baruch Spinoza
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Jealousy is the fear of comparison.
“Jealousy is the fear of comparison.”
— Max Frisch
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There is something mean in human nature
“There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a willing ear and a ready welcome to calumny, a sort of jealousy of goodness and greatness and things of good report.”
— Richard Le Gallienne
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Religion can make it worse. Are you
“Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be encouraged by grand rituals and music and preaching, to love their neighbors, then they would put jealousy and frustration aside?”
— Mary Douglas
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He that is jealous is not in
“He that is jealous is not in love.”
— Saint Augustine
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Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short
“Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart.”
— George Eliot
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You can be the moon and still
“You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.”
— Gary Allan
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Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation
“Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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