“Hatred is like a Hydra - the more heads one chops off, the stronger it grows.”

— Andrzej Majewski

Nienawiść jest jak Hydra, im więcej głów ścinasz, tym bardziej ją wzmacniasz.
Aphorisms. Magnum in Parvo (2000)

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