To wrong those we hate is to add fuel to our hatred. Conversely, to tr…

Eric Hoffer
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To wrong those we hate is to add fuel to our hatred. Conversely, to treat an enemy with magnanimity is to blunt our hatred for him. ✨ Eric Hoffer (1980). The True Believer
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