50 jealousy phrases (to detect toxic relationships)
Jealousy in romantic relationships is usually one of the main causes of disputes and anger between spouses.
Prisoners of the fear of losing the person we love, we cling to them possessively and aggressively. In this way, if we notice any detail that may lead us to think that our partner may be cheating on us, we get angry. This is the result of a culture of romantic love, on which we base relationships on possession and exclusivity.
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Phrases of jealousy and jealous people
So, some jealousy phrases can help us reflect on this negative feeling. It is possible to start over and conceive relationships from another point of view, giving less prominence to jealousy and more to trust and communication.
1. Jealousy is usually nothing more than a restless tyranny applied to matters of love. (Marcel Proust)
The French writer thus speaks about possessiveness in the field of love.
2. Jealousy is born of love, but it does not die with it. (François de La Rochefoucauld)
In the 16th century, the possibility of jealousy in matrimonial relationships was seen as normal.
3. The jealous are the first to forgive, every woman knows it. (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Jealous people are actually deeply insecure.
4. The most lasting loves are those in which one of the two lovers is extraordinarily jealous. (Mariano Jose de Larra)
Another famous quote that leaves us the mark of times past.
5. Where there is jealousy there is love, where there are old people there is pain. (popular saying)
Another phrase that legitimizes the existence of the lattice.
6. Jealousy are children of love, but they are bastards, I confess. (Lope de Vega)
Product of love, but a very low quality product.
7. The rage of jealousy is so strong that it forces you to do anything wrong. (Miguel de Cervantes)
The author of Don Quixote was well aware of the madness that comes with this feeling.
8. When the man is jealous, he annoys; when it is not, it irritates. (popular saying)
An interesting vision that should be studied in depth.
9. Jealousy is a blindness that ruins hearts; complaining and complaining does not represent signs of affection but of madness and discomfort. (Gasparo Gozzi)
The Italian playwright thinks like this about jealous people.
10. Lattice is synonymous with insecurity; possessiveness is synonymous with fear of loneliness. (Jonathan Garcia-Allen)
Phrase of the well-known Spanish psychologist and writer.
11. The jealous woman believes everything that passion suggests to her. (John Gay)
The English poet tells us about the lack of common sense that jealousy generates.
12. Jealousy, like borders, appear to justify dominance over what has never been possessed. (Adrian Triglia)
Reflection of the Spanish writer, psychologist and publicist.
13. And my burning passion died of cold; That is how love dies when there is no jealousy. (Antonio Garcia Gutierrez)
Another famous quote about jealousy that takes us back to a time when possession was a common denominator in any sentimental relationship.
14. Jealousy is the brother of love, as the devil is the brother of the angels. (Stanislas de Boufflers)
A parallel to ponder.
15. Jealous husband, he has no rest. (popular saying)
Who is jealous does not stop turning his head all day.
16. The jealous lover bears his lover's illness better than his freedom. (Stendhal)
The French writer, in a brilliant thought.
17. Love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave. (Solomon)
Another parallelism, in this case of the famous king.
18. Jealousy kills love but not desire. This is the true punishment of betrayed passion. (Carlos Fuentes)
The Mexican journalist, in a brilliant reflection.
19. One suffers from two kinds of jealousy: those of love and those of self-love. (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The self-esteem of jealous people is usually quite low.
20. Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul. (John Dryden)
The English author equates jealousy to liver disease.
21. Jealous love lights its torch in the fire of furies. (Edmund Burke)
Whoever cannot control his anger lives permanently resentful of the world.
22. The one who is jealous, he is never jealous because of what he sees; what you imagine is enough. (Jacinto Benavente)
In this link you have more Jacinto Benavente quotes.
23. He who is not jealous is not in love. (San Agustin)
Another phrase from the fourth century that should be banished from our collective culture.
24. The jealous loves more, but the one who is not loves better. (Moliere)
Beautiful famous phrase of the French playwright.
25. Jealousy is always the right instrument that destroys inner freedom and eliminates all possible happiness in the company. (Gregorio Maranon)
The Spanish doctor hits the key: being jealous is at odds with being able to feel the well-being of life together.
26. If jealousy is a sign of love, it is like a fever in a sick man, for having it is a sign of having life, but a sick and ill-disposed life. (Miguel de Cervantes)
Jealousy is some of the worst feelings we can feel.
27. The man is jealous if he loves; the woman also, although she does not love. (Immanuel Kant)
A truly negative image of love in women.
28. Either way, jealousy is actually a consequence of love: like it or not, it exists. (Robert Louis Stevenson)
An indisputable truth.
29. Being jealous is the height of selfishness, it is lacking self-love, it is the irritation of a false vanity. (Honore de Balzac)
Jealousy is one of the lowest passions that exist.
30. Jealousy is, of all the diseases of the spirit, the one for which more things serve as food and none as a remedy. (Michel de Montaigne)
It is very difficult to overcome a jealous rage.
31. Ugly women are jealous of their husbands. The pretty ones don't have time, they are always so busy being jealous of other people's husbands!!! (Oscar Wilde)
One of the many humorous quotes from this great Irish author.
32. Lightness like the air are for the zealous strong confirmations, as a testimony of the Holy Scriptures. (William Shakespeare)
Jealous people tend to use any pretext, no matter how weak, to justify their jealousy.
33. Love without jealousy is not given by heaven. (popular saying)
True love is sometimes accompanied by jealousy.
34. Jealousy is a lack of esteem for the loved person. (Yvon Bunin)
Jealousy can also be a form of toxic love.
35. Jealousy can be a new way of testing love, but it can also offend the dignity of a perfectly delicate woman. (Stendhal)
Be that as it may, jealousy does not usually end in positive scenarios.
36. Asking for jealousy is waking up someone who is sleeping. (popular saying)
Jealousy can cause real discomfort both in the person who feels it and in the person to whom it is directed.
37. It's jealousy, a certain fear so thin and so subtle, that if it weren't so vile, it could be called love. (Lope de Vega)
Jealousy almost always comes from loving someone, but it is usually a toxic reaction.
38. Jealousy, when furious, produces more crimes than interest and ambition. (Voltaire)
Jealousy can lead good people to commit despicable acts.
39. Only uncertainty kills jealousy (André Maurois)
Uncertainty can cause us real jealousy.
40. Jealousy is engendered between those who love each other well, from the air that passes, from the sun that touches and even from the earth that is stepped on. (Miguel de Cervantes)
One of the most beautiful definitions we can find about jealousy.
41. Jealousy is the duel of affection. (Mary Baker Eddie)
A very evocative image about the effect of jealousy on a person.
42. With the perfidy of women it is possible to cure jealousy. (Jean de la Bruyere)
Throughout history, women have been represented as unstable, temperamental and jealous beings.
43. No one knows what He has, until He loses it
A very important message to value the good we have in life.
44. Because they say, love, that you can't walk if jealousy doesn't give you spurs. (Lope de Vega)
Some people do not conceive of love without jealousy.
45. Oh no, I didn't mean to hurt you, I'm just a jealous boy (John Lennon)
"Jealous Guy" is one of the most remembered songs by this great composer and tells a story of jealousy.
46. Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment.
A very interesting way to rationalize the jealousy we feel.
47. Jealous of your eyes when you look at another girl, I'm jealous. (Fanny Liu)
Jealousy has inspired great songs in recent and classical popular music.
48. I am crying in my room. Everything is cloudy around me. She left with a posh boy, he has a white Ford Fiesta and a yellow sweater (Men G)
The classic "Suffer asshole" by Hombres G tells a story of jealousy.
49. Moral outrage is jealousy in disguise. (H. g. wells)
Some people, due to their strict moral convictions, may become jealous of the happiness of others.
50. Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that. (Oliver Stone)
Human beings are capable of the best but also of the worst.