Misanthropy

Misanthropy is a hatred or distrust of the human race, or a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people.

Quotes

• I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.
  • Giuseppe Baretti, February 13, 1766. The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page, retrieved 24 October 2018

• I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
  • Mr. Lockwood in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (Ch. III).

• 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

• Timon will to the woods; where he shall find
  The unkindest beast more kinder than mankind.
  The gods confound — hear me, you good gods all —
  The Athenians both within and out that wall!
  And grant, as Timon grows, his hate may grow
  To the whole race of mankind, high and low!
  Amen.
  • William Shakespeare, in Timon of Athens, Act IV, Scene I

Disputed

• 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.