“Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave.”
Song of Solomon, 1611 · Hebrew love poetry, King James Version
Chapter 7
On Jealousy and Trust
“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-ey'd monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.”
William Shakespeare, 1604 · English poet and playwright, 1564 to 1616, speaking through Iago
“But O, what damned minutes tells he o'er who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves.”
William Shakespeare, 1604 · English poet and playwright, 1564 to 1616, speaking through Iago
“Suspicion is the poison of friendship.”
French proverb, 1857 · recorded in a nineteenth-century collection of European proverbs
“It is equally faulty to trust everyone and to trust no one.”
Seneca, 1917 · Roman Stoic philosopher, about 4 BC to AD 65
“Regard him as loyal, and you will make him loyal. Some, for example, fearing to be deceived, have taught men to deceive.”
Seneca, 1917 · Roman Stoic philosopher, about 4 BC to AD 65
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.”
Book of Proverbs, 1611 · Hebrew wisdom literature, King James Version
“Not for laughter only friendship all the pleasant day, but for strokes of sharp reproving, when from right you stray.”
Tiruvalluvar, 1886 · Tamil poet and moralist, about the first century BC
“The image of friendship is truth.”
Arabic proverb, 1875 · Egyptian proverb recorded in the early nineteenth century
Closeness can be built on purpose. Pairs of strangers who took turns answering questions of steadily rising intimacy for forty-five minutes ended up markedly closer than pairs who made small talk.
Arthur Aron and colleagues, 1997 · experimental research finding on generating interpersonal closeness
“Of all acquaintanceship, that in which each knows the other's heart, is best.”
Chinese proverb, 1875 · recorded in a nineteenth-century collection of Chinese proverbs
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