Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist
Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise.
—Cyril Connolly (1903–74) British Literary Critic, 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
Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.
—Nagarjuna (150–250) Indian Buddhist Monk-Philosopher
Hatred is inveterate anger.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Love to travel, but hate to arrive.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
Some men there are love not a gaping pig, some that are mad if they behold a cat, and others when the bagpipe sings I the nose cannot contain their urine.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere will not hate it.
—Frederik Pohl (1919–2013) American Science-Fiction Writer
There are many that despise half the world; but if there be any that despise the whole of it, it is because the other half despises them.
—Charles Caleb Colton (c.1780–1832) English Clergyman, Aphorist
Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else’s body.
—Cesare Pavese (1908–50) Italian Novelist, Poet, Critic, Translator
Do nothing hastily but catching of fleas.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
‘Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
At least I hate myself as much as I hate anybody else.
—Robert Crumb (b.1943) American Cartoonist, Illustrator
It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.
—Eric Hoffer (1902–83) American Philosopher, Author
Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.
—Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969) American Baptist Minister
When our hatred is violent, it sinks us even beneath those we hate.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hate. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.
—William Arthur Ward (1921–94) American Author
Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them.
—Thomas Browne (1605–82) English Author, Physician
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
—Socrates (469BCE–399BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher
Many can bear adversity, but few contempt.
—Common Proverb
Nothing dates like hate and in literature a little of it goes a very long way.
—Cyril Connolly (1903–74) British Literary Critic, Writer
End discrimination. Hate everybody.
—Unknown
The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: That’s the essence of inhumanity.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
There’s another reason why you should love your enemies, and that is because hate distorts the personality of the hater. We usually think of what hate does for the individual hated or the individuals hated or the groups hated. But it is even more tragic, it is even more ruinous and injurious to the individual who hates. … For the person who hates, the true becomes false and the false becomes true. That’s what hate does.
—Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–68) American Civil Rights Leader, Clergyman
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
One does not hate as long as one has a low esteem of someone, but only when one esteems him as an equal or a superior.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice.
—Francis Quarles (1592–1644) English Religious Poet
One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison.
—Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist
You lose a lot of time, hating people.
—Marian Anderson (1897–1993) American Singer, Activist
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