Being jealous Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Jealousy is a painful passion; yet without some share of it, the agreeable affection of love has difficulty to subsist in its full force…

— David Hume

Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover's insecurity.

— Margaret Mead

Jealousy is the paralysis of love.

— Luc de Clapiers

Jealousy is one of love's parasites.

— Josh Billings

Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.

— Joseph Addison

Jealousy is the forerunner of love, and often its awakener.

— Francis Marion Crawford

Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain…

— Maya Angelou

Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.

— Germaine Greer

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

— Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Love is never jealous. It's a connection. It's an energy. It's an embodiment.

— T. Mills