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Usually, if we hate, it is the shadow of the person that we hate, rather than the substance. we may hate a person because he reminds us of someone we feared and disliked when younger; or because we see in him some gross caricature of what we find repugnant in ourself; or because he symbolizes an attitude that seems to threaten us.
-Sydney J. Harris
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Usually, If We Hate, It Is The

Sydney J. Harris
Usually, if we hate, it is the shadow of the person that we hate, rather than the substance. we may hate a person because he reminds us of someone we feared and disliked when younger; or because we see in him some gross caricature of what we find repugnant in ourself; or because he symbolizes an attitude that seems to threaten us.
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