Shakespeare William 1564-1616
Othello
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
Shakespeare William 1564-1616
Othello
Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate,
Nor set down aught in malice: then, must
you speak
Of one that loved not wisely but too well;
Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought,
Perplexed in the extreme; of one whose hand,
Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away
Richer than all his tribe.
Blake William 1757-1827
‘A Divine Image'
Cruelty has a human heart,
And Jealousy a human face;
Terror the human form divine,
And Secrecy the human dress.
Eliot George 1819-1880
The Mill on the Floss
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of
their objects than love.
Jong Erica
Fear of Flying
Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
Milton John 1608-1674
Paradise Lost
Nor jealousy
Was understood, the injured lover's hell.
Sagan Françoise 1935-1994
La Chamade
To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.
Shakespeare William 1564-1616
Othello
O! beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on.
Wells H.G. 1866-1946
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman
Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.