“The loathing of mankind is a force that surprises and overwhelms one, fed by hundreds of springs concealed his subconsciousness. One only detects its presence after having long entertained it unawares.”

—  Georg Brandes

Source: An Essay on Aristocratic Radicalism (1889), pp. 113

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