[Ads-l] Adage: Hatred destroys the hater

Wed Jul 22 18:18:33 UTC 2020

The 2018 issue of “Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb
Scholarship” includes the second supplementary article by Charles Clay
Doyle and Wolfgang Mieder for the important reference work titled “The
Dictionary of Modern Proverbs"  The supplement contains the following
entry with citations beginning in 1934.

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HATE (Hating, Hatred) destroys the hater.
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The Quote Investigator website now has two germane articles. Tracing
this adage is difficult because it can be expressed in many different
ways, and its concision evolved over time.

Hate Ultimately Destroys the Hater
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/07/21/hater/

Fear of Something Is at the Root of Hate for Others, and Hate Within
Will Ultimately Destroy the Hater
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/07/22/hate/

Garson

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