50 Jealousy Phrases (to Detect And Solve Toxic Relationships)
Jealousy in romantic relationships is usually one of the main causes of disputes and anger between spouses.
Captured by 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 become angry. This is a result of a romantic love culture in which we base relationships on possession and exclusivity.
Thus, some jealousy phrases can help us reflect on this negative feeling. It is possible to start over and conceive relationships from a different point of view, giving less importance 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 from love, but it does not die with it. (François de La Rochefoucauld)
In the 16th century, the possibility of jealousy in marital relationships was seen as normal.
3. Jealous people are the first to forgive, all women know 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 José 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 is the 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 make any mistake. (Miguel de Cervantes)
The author of Don Quixote knew well the madness that comes with this feeling.
8. When a man is jealous, he bothers; when he is not, he irritates. (popular saying)
An interesting vision that should be studied in depth.
9. Jealousy is a blindness that ruins hearts; Complaining and complaining do not represent signs of affection but of madness and discomfort. (Gasparo Gozzi)
The Italian playwright thinks this way about jealous people.
21. Jealous love lights its torch in the fire of the furies. (Edmund Burke)
Those who cannot control their anger live 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 phrases by Jacinto Benavente.
23. He who is not jealous is not in love. (San Agustin)
Another phrase from the 4th century that should be banished from our collective culture.
24. The jealous person loves more, but the one who is not jealous loves better. (Moliere)
Beautiful famous phrase from the French playwright.
25. Jealousy is always the accurate instrument that destroys inner freedom and eliminates all possible happiness in the company. (Gregorio Marañón)
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. A man is jealous if he loves; the woman too, even if she does not love. (Immanuel Kant)
A truly negative image of love in women.
28. In any case, jealousy is actually a consequence of love: whether you like it or not, it exists. (Robert Louis Stevenson)
An incontestable truth.
29. Being jealous is the height of selfishness, it is self-love in default, it is the irritation of a false vanity. (Honoré 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 most things serve as food and nothing as a remedy. (Michel de Montaigne)
It is very difficult to overcome an attack of jealousy.
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 air is for the zealous strong confirmations, like a testimony of the Holy Scriptures. (William Shakespeare)
Jealous people usually use any excuse, no matter how weak, to justify their jealousy.
33. Love without jealousy is not given by the heavens. (popular saying)
True loves are sometimes accompanied by jealousy.
34. Jealousy is a lack of esteem for the loved one. (Yvon Bunin)
Jealousy can also be a form of toxic love.
35. Jealousy can be a new way of trying 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 the person towards whom it is directed.
37. It is jealousy, a certain fear so thin and so subtle, that if it were not 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 make us truly jealous.
40. Jealousy is engendered among those who love each other well, from the air that passes by, from the sun that touches and even from the earth that one walks on. (Miguel de Cervantes)
One of the most beautiful definitions that we can find about jealousy.
41. Jealousy is the duel of affection. (Mary Baker Eddy)
A very evocative image about the effect of jealousy on a person.
42. Jealousy can be cured with the perfidy of women. (Jean de la Bruyère)
Throughout history, women have been portrayed as unstable, temperamental, and jealous beings.
43. Nobody knows what they have until they lose it
A very important message to value the good we have in life.
44. Because they say, love, that you won’t walk if jealousy doesn’t set your spurs. (Lope de Vega)
Some people cannot conceive 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. Jealousy of your eyes when you look at another girl, I am jealous. (Fanny Liu)
Jealousy has inspired great songs in recent and classical popular music.
48. I’m crying in my room. Everything is cloudy around me. She left with a posh boy, she has a white Ford Fiesta and a yellow sweater (Men G)
The classic “Sufre mamón” by Hombres G tells a story of jealousy.
49. Moral indignation is jealousy in disguise. (H.G. Wells)
Some people, due to their strict moral convictions, may become jealous of other people’s happiness.
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 the worst.
