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Quotes About Jealousy

So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.
~ William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.
~ Anna Godbersen, Splendor
When you strengthen your self-esteem, there is no room for jealousy.
~ Harold H. Bloomfield
The jealous know nothing, suspect much, and fear everything.
~ Curt Goetz
Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence . . . the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake.
~ George Washington
Incivility is not a Vice of the Soul, but the effect of several Vices; of Vanity, Ignorance of Duty, Laziness, Stupidity, Distraction, Contempt of others, and Jealousy.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.
~ Oliver Stone
He that is jealous is not in love.
~ Saint Augustine
Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.
~ H. Havelock Ellis
Jealousy is the fear of comparison.
~ Max Frisch
Negative states of mind, such as anger, resentment, fear, envy, and jealousy, are products of the ego.
~ Eckhart Tolle
Jealousy's a weak emotion.
~ Jay-Z
Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It's also the dangerous part and it's an ugly emotion that hurts.
~ Matthew McConaughey
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on.
~ William Shakespeare
Worse, I have to admit to feeling the jealousy of one crab for another that has managed to climb out of the barrel.
~ Richard Russo
It's amazing the clarity that comes with psychotic jealousy.
~ Rupert Everett
Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.
~ Aphra Behn
For a second I was almost jealous of the clouds. Why was he looking to them for an escape when I was right here beside him?
~ Kamila Shamsie, Kartography
I don't get jealous of people. Jealousy is such a waste of time because you're jealous of them, and they go about their lives and have a wonderful time, so what's the point?
~ Joy Behar
People want you to be happy. Don't keep serving them your pain! If you could untie your wings and free your soul of jealousy, you and everyone around you would fly up like doves.
~ Rumi
Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.
~ William Shenstone
Jealousy will drive you mad.
~ Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
~ Honore de Balzac
Whom the gods notice they destroy. Be small... and you will escape the jealousy of the great.
~ Philip K. Dick