Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Jealousy is often the helpmate of sweet love. Kingsley.

Jealousy is the forerunner of love, and sometimes its awakener. F. Marion Crawford.

Jealousy is the rage of a man. Bible.

Jealousy is the sister of love, as the devil is 40 the brother of the angel. Weber.

Jealousy: / It is the green-eyed monster that doth mock / The meat it feeds on. Othello, iii. 2.

Jealousy lives upon doubts; it becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty. La Roche.

Jean a étudié pour être bête—John has been to college to learn to be a fool. Fr. Pr.

Jean s'en alla comme il était venu—John went away as he came. La Fontaine's epitaph, written by himself.

Jeddart justice: First hang a man, and syne 45 (then) try him. Sc. Pr.

Jede grosse Zeit erfasst den ganzen Menschen—Every great epoch seizes possession of the whole man. Mommsen.