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“Jealousy is in a manner just and reasonable, as it tends to preserve a good which belongs, or which we believe belongs to us, on the other hand envy is a fury which cannot endure the happiness of others.”
François de la Rochefoucauld quotes (French classical author, leading exponent of the Maxime, 1613-1680)

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“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.”
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“To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self”
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“Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.”
François de la Rochefoucauld quotes (French classical author, leading exponent of the Maxime, 1613-1680)
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“Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.”
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“Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.”
Erica Jong quotes (American writer and feminist, 1942)
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“Jealousy is the injured lover's hell”
John Milton quotes (English Poet, Historian and Scholar. Ranks second, only to Shakespeare, among English poets. 1608-1674)
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“Jealousy is a tiger that tears not only its prey but also its own raging heart”

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“Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity in the person who causes it”
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“Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies”
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“Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive”
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