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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Quotes[edit]
- My hate is general, I detest all men;
Some because they are wicked and do evil,
Others because they tolerate the wicked,
Refusing them the active vigorous scorn
Which vice should stimulate in virtuous minds.- Molière, in The Misanthrope (1666)
- I am misanthropos, and hate mankind
For thy part, I do wish thou wert a dog
That I might love thee something.- William Shakespeare, in Timon of Athens, Act IV, Scene III, Timon to Alcibiades
- Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
- Mark Twain, in The Mysterious Stranger (1916)
Disputed[edit]
- I don't have prejudice, I hate everyone equally.
- Attributed to H. L. Mencken, in The Mammoth Book of Jokes (2006) edited by Geoff Tibbals; no earlier citation yet located.
