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Quote by George Eliot
There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire it is har

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism. – George Eliot

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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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Animals are such agreeable friends — they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. – George Eliot

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As iron is eaten by rust, so are the envious consumed by envy. – Antisthenes

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Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive. – Havelock Ellis, On Life and Sex: Essays of Love and Virtue, 1937

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Love shouldnt be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you cant have that from the get-go, theres a problem. – Aaron Carter

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I dont watch that much comedy. I think its professional jealousy. That and a lack of support for my community. – Michael Ian Black

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