We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know th…

Charles Caleb Colton
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We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1823). Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan, p.63
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