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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not
I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves
In time we hate that which we often fear
Take care that no one hates you justly
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get
Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the one we hate can do no right
Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture
Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate
The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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