I wish I was friends with things," he said at last, "but I'm not. I never had anything to be friends with, and I can't bear people.
As soon as I entered the house, my wife took me in her arms, and kissed me; at which, having not been used to the touch of that odious animal for so many years, I fell into a swoon for almost an hour....
(n.) Hatred of, or dislike to, mankind; -- opposed to philanthropy.
The one thing in me more powerful than a general misanthropy is an inescapable compassion for individuals.
The people naturally adhere most to doctrines which demand the least self-exertion and the least use of their own reason, and which can best accommodate their duties to their inclinations.
And suddenly, from behind me, I hear the metaphysically abrupt arrival of the office boy. I feel like I could kill him for barging in on what I wasn't thinking. I turn around and look at him with a si...
I wish I loved the human Race, I wish I loved its silly face, and when I'm introduced to one, I wish I thought "what jolly fun"!
Knowledge subverts love: in proportion as we penetrate our secrets, we come to loathe our kind, precisely because they resemble us.
It is one of the major tragedies that nothing is more discomforting than the hearty affection of the Old Friends who never were friends.
Betrayed and wronged in everything,I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king,And seek some spot unpeopled and apartWhere I’ll be free to have an honest heart.
Do you hate people?I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.
I dislike my fellow-mortals. Justice compels me to add that they appear for the most part to dislike me.
Everything else just kept picking and picking, hacking away. And nothing was interesting, nothing. The people were restrictive and careful, all alike. And I've got to live with these fuckers for the r...
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