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Quote by George Eliot
Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart. – George Eliot

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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other? – George Eliot

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The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions. – George Eliot

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Dont waste time on jealousy. Sometimes youre ahead, sometimes youre behind. – Mary Schmich

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Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive. – Alexis Carrel

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Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse: envy alone wants both. – Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy

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Envy is a littleness of soul, which cannot see beyond a certain point, and if it does not occupy the whole space feels itself excluded. – William Hazlitt, Characteristics, 1823

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