“I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not.”
Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer
“I would like somebody to be hated more than I am.”
Clive Foss, The Tyrants: 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption, London: Quercus Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1905204965, p. 11
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