“Are you sick now?" "No." "Then what's wrong?" "I don't like people." "Do you think that's right?" "Probably not.” — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Sensuality reconciles us with the human race. The misanthropy of the old is due in large part to the fading of the… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
In affability there is no hatred of men, but for that very reason there is all too much contempt for men. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“I dislike my fellow-mortals. Justice compels me to add that they appear for the most part to dislike me. The Man from… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The multiplication of our kind borders on the obscene; the duty to love them, on the preposterous. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The one thing in me more powerful than a general misanthropy is an inescapable compassion for individuals. — Jasper Sole Copy Share Image
You call me a misanthrope because I avoid society. You err; I love society. Yet in order not to hate people, I… — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
“Most people are so mind-bogglingly aggravating that it's impossible to overreact to them, even if that means killing yourself.” — Maija Haavisto Copy Share Image
“We ought to punish pitilessly that shameful pretence of friendly intercourse. I like a man to be a man, and to show… — Moliere Copy Share Image
“Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where… — Molière Copy Share Image
Whenever I tell people I'm a misanthrope they react as though that's a bad thing, the idiots. I live in London, for… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
As I railed on and on, I became increasingly energied and excited by my own misery and misanthropy until I reached a… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
A poet or philosopher should have no fault to find with his age if it only permits him to do his work… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“Anna… envied Joan’s deep connection with the human race. She was a member of the club. Anna was half convinced she’d been… — Nevada Barr Copy Share Image
I've gotta be honest, it is a little of a mystery to me. I consider myself very sentimental, very sensitive, but obviously… — Larry Fessenden Copy Share Image
Knowledge subverts love: in proportion as we penetrate our secrets, we come to loathe our kind, precisely because they resemble us. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A hermitage in the forest is the refuge of the narrow-minded misanthrope; a hammock on the ocean is the asylum for the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“If I have been more backward in seeking her society, it is because I do not like her, and my acquaintance amongst… — Sarah Harriet Burney Copy Share Image
