Emil M. CioranKnowledge subverts love: in proportion as we penetrate our secrets, we come to loathe our kind, precisely because they resemble us.
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Knowledge subverts love: in proportion as we penetrate our secrets, we come to loathe our kind, precisely because they resemble us. The quote above is a quote from Oscar Wilde. He was referring to comparing yourself to others and finding it hard to like them when you know them so well. This is something we do all the time and we find it very hard to like people when we find out how they truly are.
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