Quote by George Eliot

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism.

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire it

Summary

This quote suggests that there is a type of jealousy that doesn't require much justification or intensity. It portrays jealousy as a sluggish and destructively pervasive emotion, born from a gloomy and self-centered mindset. Unlike a passionate jealousy fueled by strong desires, this kind of jealousy emerges from a place of dissatisfaction and unhappiness, lingering like a suffocating blight on one's sense of self.

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By George Eliot

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