Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he …

Joseph Addison
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Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves. ✨ Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd (1811). The Spectator, p.356
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