We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate.
—George William Russell (1867–1935) Irish Author, Poet, Editor, Critic, Painter
I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.
—Caskie Stinnett (1911–98) American Travel Writer, Humorist
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
—Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–68) American Civil Rights Leader, Clergyman
There’s no hate lost between us.
—Thomas Middleton (c.1580–1627) English Dramatist, Poet
Hatred is a boomerang which is sure to hit you harder than the one at whom you throw it.
—Unknown
At least I hate myself as much as I hate anybody else.
—Robert Crumb (b.1943) American Cartoonist, Illustrator
Neither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper, bloody hands, an anguished spirit, and a vain hatred of the rest of the world.
—John Milton (1608–74) English Poet, Civil Servant, Scholar, Debater
Wisely and slow;—they stumble that run fast.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Nothing dates like hate and in literature a little of it goes a very long way.
—Cyril Connolly (1903–74) British Literary Critic, Writer
We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because we hate them.
—Charles Caleb Colton (c.1780–1832) English Clergyman, Aphorist
Hatred is inveterate anger.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
—Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) African-American Educationist
Fraud and deceit are ever in a hurry.—Take time for all things.—Great haste makes great waste.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Hatred is the madness of the heart.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.
—Eldridge Cleaver (1935–98) American Activist, Writer
If we miraculously became the people we hate, how lovable we would find ourselves.
—Unknown
Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere will not hate it.
—Frederik Pohl (1919–2013) American Science-Fiction Writer
For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.
—The Dhammapada Buddhist Anthology of Verses
One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
Many can bear adversity, but few contempt.
—Common Proverb
When our hatred is violent, it sinks us even beneath those we hate.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.
—Rollo May (1909–94) American Philosopher
To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet
Love and hate are such strong words, they also cause so much pain
—Indian Proverb
Hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies.
—Honore de Balzac (1799–1850) French Novelist
He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
—Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Florentine Political Philosopher
Authority is never without hate.
—Euripides (480–406 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
You know that when I hate you, it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges my soul.
—Julie de Lespinasse (1732–76) French Salon Hostess, Writer
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