Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

jealousy

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. 52 quotes from George Eliot

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious. 18 other quotes from Baruch Spinoza

There is no greater glory than love, nor any great punishment than jealously. 2 quotes from Lope de Vega

The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time. 6 other quotes from Johann Kaspar Lavater

Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties. 12 more quotes from Gene Tierney

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it. 8 other views from William Shenstone

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart. 52 more quotes from George Eliot

Jealousy is the tie that binds, and binds, and binds. 23 quotes from Helen Rowland

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike. 9 quotes from Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight. 9 other quotes from Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close. 3 other wisdom & wit from William Wycherley

Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire. 3 quotes from Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl. 4 wisdom & wit from George Meredith

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy. 7 more quotes from Lawrence Durrell

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it. 30 quotes from George Washington

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive. 16 other quotes from Havelock Ellis

I do not say anything from jealousy. 5 other quotes from Anna Held

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves. 8 more thoughts from Karl Kraus

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard. 18 quotes from Washington Irving

Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion. 18 more quotes from Emile M. Cioran

Jealousy... is a mental cancer. 10 more quotes from B. C. Forbes

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents. 11 quotes from Salvador Dali

That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse. 2 more quotes from J. M. Barrie

That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse. 13 more thoughts from James M. Barrie

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius. 3 quotes from Fulton J. Sheen

Jealousy is the fear of comparison. 7 thoughts from Max Frisch

Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive. 5 wisdom & wit from Alexis Carrel

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies. 10 quotes from Elizabeth Bowen

Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude. 5 quotes from Aphra Behn

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. 14 wisdom & wit from Robert A. Heinlein

Jealousy is the grave of affection. 8 quotes from Mary Baker Eddy

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul. 17 sayings from John Dryden

Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty. 90 more quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. 19 views from H. G. Wells

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love. 90 other quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness. 90 wisdom & wit from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them. 90 more quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. 15 more views from William Penn