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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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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.

Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.

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The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.

The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.

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He that is jealous is not in love.

He that is jealous is not in love.

by Augustine Saint Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

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Entire affection hateth nicer hands.

Entire affection hateth nicer hands.

by Edmund Spenser 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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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.

by Jeff Foxworthy Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secrecy the human dress.

Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secrecy the human dress.

by William Blake Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.

Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Jealousy Quotes,
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