Simon HoltWe can always count on people to hate and to fear. To harm one another and to be harmed. To kill and be killed. It is what opens the gate.
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Confucius said, “We can always count on people to hate and to fear. To harm one another and to be harmed. To kill and be killed. It is what opens the gate to happiness.”
Source: The Devouring
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