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Shortest in this collection“’Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.” — Alfred, Lord TennysonLongest in this collection“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat…” — William Shakespeare
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’Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
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“’Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.”

Alfred, Lord Tennyson · In Memoriam A.H.H. · 1850
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Love can remain worth having even when it ends in loss, because avoiding grief by avoiding attachment would also remove the relationship itself.

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In Memoriam A.H.H., Canto XXVII, closing stanza; represented by the Wikisource canto transcription and independently visible on printed page 44 / scan leaf 64 of a public-domain edition. Tennyson's 'loved and lost' conclusion belongs to the elegy's grief for Arthur Hallam and its argument that love remains valuable despite bereavement; it is poetry, not a clinical grief prescription.

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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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“Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.”

Jane Austen · Northanger Abbey · 1817
Voice: Narrator voice · Narrator
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Friendship is framed as practical emotional support when romantic hopes fail, without pretending it instantly removes disappointment.

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Northanger Abbey.

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O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.
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“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.”

William Shakespeare · Othello · c. 1603
Voice: Fictional character · Iago
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Jealousy is described as self-consuming because it feeds on suspicion while tormenting the person who carries it.

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Othello, Act III, Scene III, reviewed against the scan-backed First Folio facsimile. Iago's green-eyed-monster image is manipulative fictional dialogue used while cultivating Othello's jealousy; it is not Shakespeare's direct psychological diagnosis or clinical evidence.

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A quick guide to love sad

Relationship quotations become more useful when they distinguish affection from trust, closeness from dependence, and loyalty from the absence of boundaries.

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Trust and reciprocityCommunication and conflictCare expressed through actionBoundaries, loyalty, and repair

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson1 quotation in this topic
Jane Austen1 quotation in this topic
William Shakespeare1 quotation in this topic

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In Memoriam A.H.H.1850 · 1 quotation
Northanger Abbey1817 · 1 quotation
Othelloc. 1603 · 1 quotation