Henry David Thoreau Quotes About Hate
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I love man-kind, but I hate the institutions of the dead unkind. Men execute nothing so faithfully as the wills of the dead, to the last codicil and letter. They rule this world, and the living are but their executors. Such foundation too have our lectures and our sermons, commonly.
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The richest gifts we can bestow are the least marketable. We hate the kindness which we understand.
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Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.
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Hate can pardon more than love.
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Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.
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We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.
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I love my friends very much, but I find that it is of no use to go to see them. I hate them commonly when I am near them. They belie themselves and deny me continually.
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But, commonly, men are as much afraid of love as of hate.
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We hate the kindness which we understand.
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I hate the present modes of living and getting a living. Farming and shopkeeping and working at a trade or profession are all odious to me. I should relish getting my living in a simple, primitive fashion.
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The violence of love is as much to be dreaded as that of hate.
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