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Hate is not a good thing. Hatefulness has all sorts of dire imprecations. Not least of which, it hurts the person doing the hating. Yes, he too is hurt by this emotion. Not for nothing is that famous aphorism often muttered: “Don’t get mad, get even!” Hatred hurts the hater. It raises his bile, and the ensuing acid eats away at his innards. It is a poison, an acid, directed inward.
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Block, W.E. (2021). The Hater. In: Defending the Undefendable III. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3957-9_8
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