WIST Quotations

Shakespeare, William -- Othello, Act 3, sc. 3, ll. 195ff (3.3.195-197) (1603)

Dave — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:22:24 +0000

IAGO: O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Othello, Act 3, sc. 3, ll. 195ff (3.3.195-197) (1603)
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Probable origin not just of the term "green-eyed monster" for jealousy / envy, but (along with his previous use of "green-eyed jealousy" in The Merchant of Venice, 3.2.113) of the association of the color green with the emotion.

Jones, Van -- The Green Collar Economy (2008)

Dave — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 01:17:51 +0000

To change our laws and culture, the green movement must attract and include the majority of all people, not just the majority of affluent people.

Anthony Kapel "Van" Jones (b. 1968) American news commentator, author, lawyer
The Green Collar Economy (2008)

Abse, Dannie -- Poem (1968), “Pathology of Colours,” Dannie Abse

Dave — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 01:22:10 +0000

I know the colour rose, and it is lovely,
But not when it ripens in a tumour;
And healing greens, leaves and grass, so springlike,
In Limbs that fester are not springlike.

Daniel "Dannie" Abse (1923-2014) Welsh poet
Poem (1968), “Pathology of Colours,” Dannie Abse
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