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The disease of jealously is so malignant that is converts all it t

The disease of jealously is so malignant that is converts all it takes into its own nourishment. – Joseph Addison

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The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. – Joseph Addison

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Hope calculates its scenes for a long and durable life; presses forward to imaginary points of bliss; and grasps at impossibilities; and consequently very often ensnares men into beggary, ruin and dishonor. – Joseph Addison

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Rust consumes iron and envy consumes itself. – Danish proverb

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Who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self, an impossible claim that one should be at once Rose Bowl princess, medieval scholar, Saint Joan, Milly Theale, Temple Drake, Eleanor of Aquitaine, one – Joan Didion

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