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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.
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 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...
That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.
That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.
In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.
In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.
Who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.
Who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.
I've never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished the fifth grade a year before I did.
I've never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished the fifth grade a year before I did.
O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles.
[Ger., O der alles vergrossernden Eifersucht.]
O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles.
[Ger., O der alles vergrossernden Eifersucht.]
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.
