In jealousy there is more of self-love than love
Franois de La Rochefoucauld.
“Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.”
“We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.”
“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”
“There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand different versions.”
“True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.”
“We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.”
“Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy - in fact, they are almost inc...”
“And yes, Ill admit, I am jealous. Im jealous of every minute you spend with him, of every concerned expression you send his way, of every tear shed, of every glance, every touch, and every thought....”
“Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.”