Quotes on jealousy
Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.
Shaw, George Bernard
Jealousy is the dragon in paradise; the hell of heaven; and the most bitter of the emotions because associated with the sweetest.
Orage, A.R.
Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks.
Ovid
"What's with him?" "Laser envy."
Author, Unknown
Be thrifty, but not covetous.
Herbert, George
So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.
Shakespeare, William
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
Heraclitus
He that is not jealous is not in love.
Augustine, St.
Envy is thin because it bites but never eats.
Proverb, Spanish
For jealousy arouses a husband's fury, and he shows no restraint when he takes revenge. He will accept no compensation, and refuses a bribe no matter how great.
Bible
Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self worth. Each of us has something to give that no one else has.
O'Connor, Elizabeth
Do not envy a sinner you don't know what disaster awaits him.
Bible
Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one's self-respect. For jealous people, like dope-fiends, stoop to the lowest level and in the end inspire only disgust and loathing.
Goldman, Emma
There's no jealousy in the grave.
Kipling, Rudyard
It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.
Durrell, Lawrence
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
Aeschylus
I used to envy kids who had an old-fashioned Grandpa. Not any more. I've got a new ambition. Now I just want to become a modern-type Grandpa myself-and really start living.
Hal
The ear of jealousy heareth all things.
The Bible
"I bet your the only male in the school suffering from penis envy."
Author, Unknown
Our envy of others devours us most of all.
Author, Unknown
Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse: envy alone wants both.
Burton, Robert
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
Eliot, George
As iron is eaten by rust, so are the envious consumed by envy.
Antisthenes
I've spent most of my life walking under that hovering cloud, jealousy, whose acid raindrops blurred my vision and burned holes in my heart.
Alauda, Astrid
Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.
Angelou, Maya
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
Penn, William
There are many roads to hate, but envy is the shortest of them all.
Author, Unknown
I've spent most of my life walking under that hovering cloud, jealousy, whose acid raindrops blurred my vision and burned holes in my heart. Once I learned to use the umbrella of confidence, the skies cleared up for me and the sunshine called joy became my faithful companion.
Alauda, Astrid