“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
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“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.”
Source: An Essay on Aristocratic Radicalism (1889), pp. 113
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