Vittorio Alfieri Quotes

That's all it takes, one drop of fear to curdle love into hate.

The opposite of love is not hate. It is fear.

Veils of love which was only hate petrified by longing--that was me.

Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.

Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.

You can only hate someone whom you have the capacity to love, because if you are really indifferent, you cannot even get up the enough energy to hate him.

Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.

When love is suppressed hate takes its place.

I can't give into hate. It's too great a burden to bear. I have to stick with love.

I did love 'What's Up?' but I hated the production.

People who are filled with hate don't know how to handle love.

Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.

To love means to give, and to give means to build, while to hate is to destroy.

I hate you most because you attract, but are not strong enough to pull me to you.

Love is a boomerang that returns to the thrower's hand.

I have so much hate that it has turned into love.

Believe it or not--it takes a lot of love to hate you like this.

If anyone conceives that he is loved by another, and believes that he has given no cause for such love, he will love that other in return.

The Woman that does not love your Frowns Will never embrace your smiles.

I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair. I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stare. I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind. I hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me rhyme. I hate it, I hate the way you're always right. I hate it when you lie. I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry. I hate it when you're not around, and the fact that you didn't call. But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.

Hell is in the here and now. So is Heaven. Quit worrying about hell or dreaming about heaven, as they are both present inside us this very moment. Every time we fall in love, we ascend to heaven. Every time we hate, envy, or fight someone, we tumble straight into the fires of hell.

Hatred is love frustrated.

He who lives according to the guidance of reason strives as much as possible to repay the hatred, anger, or contempt of others towards himself with love or generosity. ...hatred is increased by reciprocal hatred, and, on the other hand, can be extinguished by love, so that hatred passes into love.

If they love they know not why, they hate upon no better ground, they hate upon no better a ground

Whom we fear more than love, we are not far from hating.