hatred

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestryand by a common hatred of its neighbours.

—Inge,William Ralph

A useful word previously unknown to me: 'ergophobia', meaning 'fear or hatred of work'. At last I can define myself in one word.

—Tynan, Kenneth

From envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness, Good Lord, deliver us.

—Book of Common Prayer

There was a laughing devil in sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and Mercy sighed farewell!

—Rochdale

No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep and burning hatred for theTory Party that inflicted those experiences on me. So far as I am concerned, theyare lower than vermin.

—Bevan, Aneurin

Hatred is always a sin, my mother told me. Remember that.One drop of hatred in your soul will spread and discoloreverything like a drop of black ink inwhite milk. I was struck by that and meant to try it, but knew I shouldn't waste the milk.

—Munro, Alice ne¤  e Laidlaw

La haine est un tonique, elle fait vivre, elle inspire la vengeance; mais la pitie¤   tue, elle affaiblit encore notre faiblesse. Hatred isa tonic, it makes one live, it inspires vengeance; but pity kills, it weakens our weaknesses still further.

—Balzac, Honore¤   de

Hatred isgeneralized, but love is for the particular.

—Dudek, Louis

The police dog of American fiction, except that his hatred isnottheresultof mere crabbednessbut of aneye that sees too deep for comfort.

—Fadiman, Clifton

It was necessary to abolish the fez, emblem of ignorance, negligence, fanaticismand hatred of progress and civilization, to accept in its place the hatöthe headgear worn by the whole civilized world. 37

—Atatu« r k, Mustapha Kemal

Axiome: la haine du bourgeois est le commencement de la vertu. Axiom: Hatred of the bourgeois is the beginning of wisdom.

—Flaubert, Gustave

What can I tell you, son of mine? I could tell you of heartbreak, hatred blind, I could tell of crimes that shame mankind, Of brutal wrong and deeds malign, Of rape and murder, son of mine; But I'll tell instead of brave and fine When lives of black and white entwine, And men in brotherhood combineö This would I tell you, son of mine.

—Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska

   Ce qu'il nous faut, c'est la haine. D'elle na|"tront nos ide¤  es. Hatred is what we need. Ideas are born from hatred.

—Genet,Jean

Heaven has no rage, like love to hatred turned, Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorned.

—Congreve,William

Standing, as I do, in view of God and eternity, I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.

—Cavell, Edith Louisa

Two things people throughout history have had in common are hatred and humour. I am proud that I have been able to use humour to lessen people's hatred.

—Pryor, Richard

   Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting†there are quite enough realcauses oftroublealready, and weneed not add to them by encouraging young men to kickeach other on the shins amid the roars of infuriated spectators.

—Orwell, George pseudonym of  Eric Arthur Blair

Better is little with the fear of the L than great treasure and trouble therewith. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy. O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

—Franklin, Benjamin