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    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.

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The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

by William Penn Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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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.

by Bible Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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If I shall be condemned
Upon surmises, all proofs sleeping else
But what your jealousies awake, I read more

If I shall be condemned
Upon surmises, all proofs sleeping else
But what your jealousies awake, I tell you
'Tis rigor and not law.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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O jealousy,
Thou ugliest fiend of hell! thy deadly venom
Preys on my vitals, turns the healthful read more

O jealousy,
Thou ugliest fiend of hell! thy deadly venom
Preys on my vitals, turns the healthful hue
Of my flesh check to haggard sallowness,
And drinks my spirit up!

by Hannah More Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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I do beseech you--
Though I perchance am vicious in my guess
(As I confess it is read more

I do beseech you--
Though I perchance am vicious in my guess
(As I confess it is my nature's plague
To spy into abuses, and oft my jealousy
Shapes faults that are not), that your wisdom yet
From one that so imperfectly conjects
Would take no notice, nor build yourself a trouble
Out of his scattering and unsure observance.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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It's a completely useless emotion - jealousy. I don't go there.

It's a completely useless emotion - jealousy. I don't go there.

by Joy Behar Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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Jealousy is only a good thing when your jealous of me.

Jealousy is only a good thing when your jealous of me.

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Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

by John Dryden Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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