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Misanthropy17 quotes
Hell is other people. — Jean-Paul Sartre · 1944The sooner every party breaks up, the better. — Jane Austen · 1816By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little. — Edmund Burke · 1790I love mankind…it's people I can't stand!! — Charles M. Schulz · 1959Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. — Mark Twain · 1907He loved the People just as much as he feared and detested Persons. — Sinclair Lewis · 1935All 17 quotes →Parties3 quotes
The sooner every party breaks up, the better. — Jane Austen · 1816The folly of people's not staying comfortably at home when they can!... Five dull hours in another man's house, with nothing to say or to hear that was not said and heard yesterday, and may not be said and heard again to-morrow... Four horses and four servants taken out for nothing but to convey five idle, shivering creatures into colder rooms and worse company than they might have had at home. — Jane Austen · 1816If there were more food and fewer people, this would be a perfect party. — Ron Swanson · 2012Avoiding people1 quote
When you look annoyed all the time, people think that you're busy. — George Costanza · 1995Betrayal1 quote
We have to distrust each other. It's our only defense against betrayal. — Tennessee Williams · 1953Hell1 quote
Hell is other people. — Jean-Paul Sartre · 1944Introversion1 quote
The folly of people's not staying comfortably at home when they can!... Five dull hours in another man's house, with nothing to say or to hear that was not said and heard yesterday, and may not be said and heard again to-morrow... Four horses and four servants taken out for nothing but to convey five idle, shivering creatures into colder rooms and worse company than they might have had at home. — Jane Austen · 1816Man and animals1 quote
The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogs. — Alphonse Toussenel · 1847Moralism1 quote
By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little. — Edmund Burke · 1790Morality1 quote
By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little. — Edmund Burke · 1790Nature of men1 quote
The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogs. — Alphonse Toussenel · 1847Noah's ark1 quote
Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. — Mark Twain · 1907Strangers1 quote
I don't like talking to people I know, but strangers I have no problem with. — Larry David · 2002The human condition1 quote
Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. — Mark Twain · 1907Trusting others1 quote
We have to distrust each other. It's our only defense against betrayal. — Tennessee Williams · 1953