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Friedrich Nietzsche Quote: “Not when truth is dirty, but…”

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters.

August 3, 2021 1844, Friedrich Nietzsche, German, October 15, Quotes by Philosophers

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote: “Hatred is active, and envy passive…”

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.

July 14, 2021 1749, August 28, German, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Quotes by Poets

Napoleon Bonaparte Quote: “Among those who dislike oppression are…”

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

July 6, 2021 1769, August 15, French, Napoleon Bonaparte, Quotes by Leaders

Horace Quote: “Sad people dislike the happy, and…”

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.

July 1, 2021 65 BC, Horace, Quotes by Poets, Roman

Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quote: “Whatever people in general do not…”

Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.

April 9, 2021 1802, August 14, English, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Quotes by Poets

Ben Okri Quote: “The acknowledged legislators of the world…”

The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for mysteries cannot be coded, or legislated, and wonder cannot be made into law. And so these legislators police the accepted frontiers of things.

March 11, 2021 1959, Ben Okri, March 15, Nigerian, Quotes by Poets

e. e. cummings Quote: “To like an individual because he’s…”

To like an individual because he’s black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn’t white.

February 15, 2021 1894, American, e. e. cummings, October 14, Quotes by Poets

Thomas Hobbes Quote: “They that approve a private opinion…”

They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion.

September 17, 2020 1588, April 5, English, Quotes by Philosophers, Thomas Hobbes

Sallust Quote: “To like and dislike the same…”

To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.

May 1, 2020 86 BC, Quotes by Historians, Roman, Sallust

John O’Donohue Quote: “Listen carefully to yourself. Listen to…”

Listen carefully to yourself. Listen to what you dislike, and you will find most of the imagery is what you have received and registered from other people. We ingest labels from others.

March 27, 2020 1956, Irish, January 1, John O'Donohue, Quotes by Poets

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