Cases Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Jealousy is an awkward homage which inferiority renders to merit

— Mme De Puixieux

Vanity is so closely allied to virtue, and to love the fame of laudable actions approaches so near the love of laudable actions for…

— David Hume

Jealousy is the fire of envy that seeks to destroy another's beauty, rather than to create its own.

— Wes Fesler

There is a kind of love, the excess of which forbids jealousy.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Jealousy isn't a pleasant quality, but if it isn't overdone (and if it's combined with modesty), apart from its inconvenience there's even something touching…

— Milan Kundera

Jealousy may be an illusion which is devoid of any purpose, which is not to be found in the Self and which is unreal…

— Senoraroy

Jealousy is unavoidable - it's part of the price we pay for intimacy.

— Rachel Simmons

Jealousy is the very reverse of understanding, of sympathy, and of generous feeling. Never has jealousy added to character, never does it make the…

— Emma Goldman

Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism.

— Taylor Swift

Jealousy is the grave of affection.

— Mary Baker Eddy

With fear, possessiveness enters the picture, then jealousy rears its ugly head. Jealousy is the opposite of desiring life and freedom of choice for…

— Peter Shepherd

Jealousy, an eminently credulous and suspicious passion, allows fancy the greatest possible play. But it does not bestow wit, it banishes all sense.

— Honore de Balzac