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Jade Quotes

Fame is a skittish jade, more fickle even than Fortune, and apt to shy, and bolt, and plunge away on very trifling causes.

Anthony Trollope (2016). “Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Unabridged): The Warden + The Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset + Can You Forgive Her? + The Prime Minister + Eustace Diamonds...”, p.4483, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

Nothing excites jaded Grandmasters more than a theoretical novelty

Dominic Lawson (1994). “End Game: Kasparov Vs. Short”, Harmony

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [255]

People involved in my personal life make fun of me a lot for not being jaded.

"The Mountain Goats". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. October 1, 2012.

The treatment for jaded sensibilities is not to shatter them, after all.

Germaine Greer (1990). “The Madwoman's Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings”, p.57, Atlantic Monthly Press

A jade eates as much as a good horse.

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.341

Only you're right in saying she's too good an opinion of herself to think of you. The saucy jade! I should like to know where she'd find a better!

Elizabeth Gaskell (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)”, p.1028, Delphi Classics