Jealousy Quotes

But through the heart Should Jealousy its venom once diffuse, 'Tis then delightful misery no more, But agony unmix'd, incessant gall, Corroding every thought, and blasting all Love's paradise.
- James Thomson

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbour.
- Horace

The damning tho't stuck in my throat and cut me like a knife, That she, whom all my life I'd loved, should be another's wife.
- Henry Glassford Bell

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.
- Havelock Ellis

O jealousy, Thou ugliest fiend of hell! thy deadly venom Preys on my vitals, turns the healthful hue Of my flesh check to haggard sallowness, And drinks my spirit up!
- Hannah More

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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.
- Emma Goldman

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.
- Elizabeth E Bowen

Can't I another's face commend, Or to her virtues be a friend, But instantly your forehead louers, As if her merit lessen'd yours?
- Edward Moore

Entire affection hateth nicer hands.
- Edmund Spenser