Misanthropy
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Misanthropy is a hatred or distrust of the human race, or a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people.
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- I am misanthropos, and hate mankind/For thy part, I do wish thou wert a dog/That I might love thee something.
- Timon to Alcibiades in Shakespeare's Timon of Athens, Act IV, Scene III
- Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind
- Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi 1798-1837
- I don't have prejudice, I hate everyone equally.
- H. L. Mencken, attributed in The Mammoth Book of Jokes, ISBN 1-84119-180-9
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- Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
- I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.
- Hell is other people.
