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The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. - William Penn
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.William Penn
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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.Patrick Henry
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I don't get jealous of other girls, because I was... raised in a cloning lab to be the perfect woman for Hugh M. Hefner, so, other than the fact that my I.Q.'s probably a little higher than he would like, I have nothing to worry about.Holly Madison
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It obviously bothers people when Real Madrid win. It makes them jealous. There isn't a level playing field. - Cristiano Ronaldo
It obviously bothers people when Real Madrid win. It makes them jealous. There isn't a level playing field.Cristiano Ronaldo
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Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.Thomas Jefferson
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I've been guilty of hating people and when I really sat back and thought about it, it was because I was jealous of where that person was in their life, I thought maybe they got an opportunity that I should have gotten.Matt Rife
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But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods. - Herodotus
But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.Herodotus
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Part of being a man is learning to take responsibility for your successes and for your failures. You can't go blaming others or being jealous. Seeing somebody else's success as your failure is a cancerous way to live.Kevin Bacon
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There will always be jealous people and haters: people who assume that if they were in your shoes, they could do what you're doing. That's just the world we live in.Lance Stroll
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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike. - Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
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Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.Moses
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I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.Harriet Ann Jacobs
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Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it. - Germaine Greer
Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.Germaine Greer
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That's a rule in the business. No tongue. You can't really get into it, otherwise, it's weird. I think that particular scene made his (Adam Brody) girlfriend jealous. There were issues.Rachel Bilson
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Most people should be talking about how Floyd Mayweather is a great undefeated future Hall of Famer that's his own promoter and that works extremely hard to get to where he's at. Instead, all you hear is hate and jealous remarks from critics who criticize me and, you know, most of the time, the people that criticize me can't do what I can do.Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did. - Jeff Foxworthy
I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did.Jeff Foxworthy
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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.Adam Weishaupt
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Everybody who's anybody has been competitive and over-sensitive and a bit silly. Look at Paul McCartney, look at Elton John. They're jealous of Justin Timberlake. I'm sure they were jealous of me when I was in my imperial phase.Robbie Williams
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Well actually, some weeks they'll write that I'm jealous of living in her shadow. Then other weeks, they'll write that all I want to do is loaf around on her money! It's ridiculous!Ryan Phillippe
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I'm so jealous of my friends who came from these super musical households where they were learning piano at three years old. My parents didn't really play loads of music around the house. We had the radio, but they weren't teaching me about music.Ashnikko
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I don't think Othello is a jealous man - he is a man who has been deceived by another person, just as everybody in the play is deceived by that person... The playwright uses the word 'jealousy' over and over and over again, but I don't think it has anything to do with being jealous.Laurence Fishburne
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I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress.Amber Tamblyn
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I think any activity you have your kids in, you're all trying to live vicariously through them. And you're jealous of the kid that's naturally more talented or has the facility, the body, the genes, or the God-given talent. People get jealous of that.Abby Lee Miller
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You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.Gary Allan
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Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dealer of thoughts, and every fool can plainly read in your words what is the hour of your thoughts.Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose. Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock.Aristotle
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If I were doing any better I'd be jealous of myself.Ernie Johnson Jr.
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Never make a decision when you are upset, sad, jealous or in love.Mario Teguh
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Social media, unfortunately, just makes it a lot easier to be jealous. It sets up false expectations of reality, so it's really easy to look at someone else's life online and assume that they have everything going great for them and that their life is perfect.Franchesca Ramsey
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I have kept a reading diary since I was 18. I am jealous of my friend who has kept hers since she was ten.Diane Setterfield
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Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.William Wycherley
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Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.Arthur Keith
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Critics or musicians who attack me are jealous of my success and the fact that I make people feel so happy.Andre Rieu
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I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience.Shirley Bassey
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I like jealous men. I love jealousy. I do.Adriana Lima
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If you want to be an actor, you must have total, ruthless commitment to your art. Don't be ambitious for fame or TV or movies. Art is a jealous mistress and will brook no competitors. Study all the time. Never stop reading. Never stop learning speeches. It will fill you up - define and refine you.Steven Berkoff
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I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they don't appreciate that.Alain Prost
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I'm not jealous, and I'm not possessive, and I'm not controlling.Gary Busey
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Growing up I wasn't allowed to wear makeup in school, so all my friends would have like lipstick and eyeliner on, and I wasn't allowed to. So I was always jealous.Bella Poarch
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I wrote a novel about Israelis who live their own lives on the slope of a volcano. Near a volcano one still falls in love, one still gets jealous, one still wants a promotion, one still gossips.Amos Oz
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Look, maybe I'm just not good at multi-tasking and am, therefore, jealous of those of you who can get in a workout while yammering on your cell phone, but for the love of all that is good and pure, shut your yap!Rachel Nichols
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Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.Scott Weiland
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Love is jealous, and ingenious in self-torture in proportion as it is pure and intense.Victor Hugo
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Guys always get jealous or envious of an opportunity, but they never wanna walk out to the mound and point to the crowd and tell them where they're going to hit the ball. I will. I'll call my shots.Chael Sonnen
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I tell people to be thankful that Madonna is showing that it's possible to be ageless - people should applaud and celebrate that. Anybody who criticises her is just jealous!Tracy Anderson
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I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.Thurgood Marshall
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He that is jealous is not in love.Saint Augustine
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I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.Heidi Klum
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The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.Johann Kaspar Lavater
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A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that, if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him.Mikhail Bakunin
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Jealousy isn't something I do. I am not a jealous person.Mathew Horne
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Why do we feel jealousy? Therapists often regard the demon as a scar of childhood trauma or a symptom of a psychological problem. And it's true that people who feel inadequate, insecure, or overly dependent tend to be more jealous than others.Helen Fisher
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That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.Clyde Tombaugh
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Maybe, if you put your disbelief aside, roll up your sleeves, take some risks, and totally go for it, you'll wake up one day and realise you're living the kind of life you used to be jealous of.Jen Sincero
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Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.Ambrose Bierce
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I married a man who was jealous about everything. If I got enthusiastic about a book, about a flower, about a place, about a human being - jealous. 'Don't do it! Stop.' It was depressing, and I couldn't take it.Betty Parsons
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I'd see child actors and I'd get so jealous, because they're just completely wide open.Joaquin Phoenix
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Love that is not jealous is neither true nor pure.Victor Hugo
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Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.Delphine de Girardin
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I'm not really easy to live with! There needs to be unlimited patience and unconditional love. Men I've known before loved my independent spirit and were proud of my success, to the point that they'd become jealous of the time I devote to my career.Milla Jovovich
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