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No true love there can be without
Its dread penalty--jealousy.
No true love there can be without
Its dread penalty--jealousy.
The ear of jealousy heareth all things.
The ear of jealousy heareth all things.
Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.
Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.
Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.
Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.
In jealousy there is more self-love than love.
In jealousy there is more self-love than love.
Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.
Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.
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.
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.
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.
