Source: Bellwether (1996), Chapter 4 “Rapids”, Section 2 (p. 151)
“A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; A viper is not more hateful.”
Source: Alcestis (438 BC), l. 309
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Variant: Anyone who hates babies and dogs can't be all bad.
