25 quotes about jealousy (to detect and solve toxic relationships)

Jealous people should read these famous quotes to realize their mistake.

Jealousy in relationships is often one of the main causes of disputes and anger between spouses. and anger between spouses.

Prey to the fear of losing the person we love, we cling to her with possessiveness and aggressiveness. Thus, 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 lovein which we base relationships on possession and exclusivity.

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Phrases of jealousy and jealous people

So, some phrases about jealousy can help us to reflect on this negative feeling. It is possible to start again and conceive couple 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 speaks thus about possessiveness in the field of love.

2. Jealousy is born of love, but does not die with it. (François de La Rochefoucauld)

In the 16th century, the possibility of jealousy in marital relations was seen as normal.

3. The jealous are the first to forgive, all women know it. (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

Jealous people are actually deeply insecure.

4. The most lasting loves are those in which one of the two lovers is extraordinarily jealous. (Mariano José de Larra)

Another famous quote that leaves a trace of times gone by.

5. Where there is jealousy there is love, where there is old there is pain. (Popular saying)

Another phrase that legitimizes the existence of jealousy.

6. Jealousy are children of love, but they are bastards, I confess. (Lope de Vega)

A product of love, but a product of very low quality.

7. The rage of jealousy is so strong that it forces you to do anything foolish. (Miguel de Cervantes)

The author of Don Quixote knew well the madness that comes with this feeling.

8. When a man is jealous, he annoys; when he is not, he irritates. (Popular saying)

An interesting insight that should be studied in depth.

9. Jealousy is a blindness that ruins hearts; complaining and quarreling are not signs of affection but of madness and discomfort. (Gasparo Gozzi)

The Italian playwright has this opinion about jealous people.

10. Jealousy 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 talks about the lack of common sense that jealousy generates.

12. Jealousy, like borders, appears to justify a dominion 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's how love dies when there is no jealousy. (Antonio García Gutiérrez)

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 angels. (Stanislas de Boufflers)

A parallelism to reflect on.

15. Jealous husband, has no rest. (Popular proverb)

Whoever is jealous does not stop thinking about it all day long.

16. The jealous lover endures better the illness of his lover 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 from the famous king.

18. Jealousy kills love but not desire. This is the true punishment of passion betrayed. (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 a liver disease.

21. Jealous love lights its torch in the fire of furies. (Edmund Burke)

He who cannot control his anger lives permanently resentful of the world.

22. He who is jealous is never jealous for what he sees; what he imagines is enough. (Jacinto Benavente)

In this link you have more quotes by Jacinto Benavente.

23. He who is not jealous is not in love. (Saint Augustine)

Another phrase from the 4th century that should be banished from our collective culture.

24. He who is jealous loves more, but he who is not jealous loves better. (Molière)

Beautiful famous phrase of the French playwright.

25. Jealousy is always the certain instrument that destroys inner freedom and eliminates in the company all possible happiness. (Gregorio Marañón)

The Spanish doctor hits the nail on the head: being jealous is incompatible with being able to feel the well-being of life in common.