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Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate; a child who fears noises becomes the man who hates them.

Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate; a child who fears noises becomes the man who hates them.

Cyril Connolly
Children, Fear, Hate
"The Unquiet Grave". Book by Cyril Connolly, 1944.

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.

Cyril Connolly
Life, Fear, Publishing Books
Enemies of Promise (1938) ch. 10

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