Top 8 Misanthropy Quotes

The multiplication of our kind borders on the obscene; the duty to love them, on the preposterous.

Borders, Kind, Misanthropy

"History and Utopia". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Suits Of Armor, Thorns, Misanthropy

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

The opinions of the misanthropical rest upon this very partial basis, that they adopt the bad faith of a few as evidence of the worthlessness of all.

Opinion, Misanthropy, Evidence

Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.54

Racism? But isn't it only a form of misanthropy?

Race, Racism, Misanthropy

He loved the people just as much as he feared and detested persons.

People, Misanthropy, Persons

Sinclair Lewis (2011). “It Can't Happen Here (搶救美國)”, p.1276, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

Landscape painting is the obvious resource of misanthropy.

Landscape Painting, Misanthropy, Resources

William Hazlitt (1844). “Criticisms on Art”, p.233

Knowledge subverts love: in proportion as we penetrate our secrets, we come to loathe our kind, precisely because they resemble us.

Secret, Kind, Misanthropy

Frankly, it's good enough to lock up in a drawer.

Criticism, Locks, Misanthropy

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