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Jealousy Quotes

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld George Eliot Robert A. Heinlein Saint Augustine Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Helen Rowland Karl Kraus Milan Kundera
If one of two lovers is loyal, and the other jealous and false, how may their friendship last, for Love is slain!
I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy.
Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart.
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.

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That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.
Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.
People are taken aback by a confident, pretty girl who knows what she wants in life and isn't going to let anyone get in her way. And you know what it's all about? Jealousy.
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inev…

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