Misanthropy

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Hell is other people.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Topic

Hell Misanthropy

Speaker

Garcin

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre

Source

No Exit

Medium

Play

Language

French

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Huis-clos [No Exit]. May 1944, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, Paris, France, act 1, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Sarte, Jean Paul. "No Exit." No Exit and Three Other Plays. Vintage, 1989, act 1, sc. 5.

The sooner every party breaks up, the better.

Jane Austen

Emma

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Topic

Parties Misanthropy

Speaker

Mr. Woodhouse

Author

Jane Austen

Source

Emma

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1816 1810s 19th century

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Original Citation

Austen, Jane. Emma. Vol. 2, London: John Murray, 1816, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Austen, Jane. Emma, edited by Fiona Stafford. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 7.

By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.

Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Topic

Moralism Morality Misanthropy

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Reflections on the Revolution in France." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Noah's Ark Misanthropy The human condition

Author

Mark Twain

Source

The Church Edifice Christian Science

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Twain, Mark. "The Church Edifice." Christian Science. Harper & Brothers, 1907.

He loved the People just as much as he feared and detested Persons.

Sinclair Lewis

It Can't Happen Here

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Topic

Individual vs. the collective Misanthropy

Author

Sinclair Lewis

Source

It Can't Happen Here

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. It Can't Happen Here. Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1935, ch. 35.

I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people.

Daniel Plainview

There Will Be Blood

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Topic

Misanthropy

Speaker

Daniel Plainview

Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis

Source

There Will Be Blood

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Drama (film) Epic Drama

Language

English

Time

2007 2000s 21st century

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Citation

There Will Be Blood. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Ghoulardi Film Company and Scott Rudin Productions, 2007.

I love mankind…it's people I can't stand!!

Linus

Quoted in Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz

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Topic

Misanthropy

Speaker

Linus

Author

Charles M. Schulz

Source

Peanuts

Medium

Comic strip

Language

English

Time

1959 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Schulz, Charles M. Peanuts. Comic strip. 12 Nov. 1959.

There are times when I...I look at people and I see nothing worth liking. I want to earn enough money I can get away from everyone.

Daniel Plainview

There Will Be Blood

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Topic

Misanthropy

Speaker

Daniel Plainview

Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis

Source

There Will Be Blood

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Drama (film) Epic Drama

Language

English

Time

2007 2000s 21st century

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Citation

There Will Be Blood. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Ghoulardi Film Company and Scott Rudin Productions, 2007.

I just-I can’t stand the sound of the human voice.

Larry David

Curb Your Enthusiasm

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Topic

Misanthropy

Speaker

Larry David

Actor

Larry David

Source

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV)

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Hot Towel." Curb Your Enthusiasm, written by Larry David, directed by Alec Berg, season 7, episode 4, Home Box Office, 2009.

I don't like talking to people I know, but strangers I have no problem with.

Larry David

Curb Your Enthusiasm

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Topic

Strangers Misanthropy

Speaker

Larry David

Actor

Larry David

Source

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV)

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Citation

"Chet's Shirt." Curb Your Enthusiasm, written by Larry David, directed by Robert B. Weide, season 3, episode 1, Home Box Office, 2002.

When you look annoyed all the time, people think that you're busy.

George Costanza

Seinfeld

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Topic

Avoiding people Misanthropy

Speaker

George Costanza

Actor

Jason Alexander

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Hot Tub." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Gregg Kavet, directed by Andy Ackerman, season 7, episode 5, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1995.

If there were more food and fewer people, this would be a perfect party.

Ron Swanson

Parks and Recreation

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Topic

Parties Misanthropy

Speaker

Ron Swanson

Actor

Nick Offerman

Source

Parks and Recreation

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"Pawnee Commons." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Alexandra Rushfield, directed by Morgan Sackett, season 5, episode 8, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2012.

The folly of people's not staying comfortably at home when they can!... Five dull hours in another man's house, with nothing to say or to hear that was not said and heard yesterday, and may not be said and heard again to-morrow... Four horses and four servants taken out for nothing but to convey five idle, shivering creatures into colder rooms and worse company than they might have had at home.

Jane Austen

Emma

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Topic

Parties Introversion Misanthropy

Speaker

John Knightley

Author

Jane Austen

Source

Emma

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1816 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Austen, Jane. Emma. Vol. 1, London: John Murray, 1816, ch. 13.

Current Citation

Austen, Jane. Emma, edited by Fiona Stafford. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 13.

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

Jane Austen

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Topic

Misanthropy

Author

Jane Austen

Source

Letters of Jane Austen

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Austen, Jane. Letter to Cassandra Austen. 24 Dec. 1798.

Current Citation

Austen, Jane. Letters of Jane Austen, edited by Lord Brabourne. Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2009.

The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogs.

Alphonse Toussenel

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Topic

Man and animals Nature of men Misanthropy

Author

Alphonse Toussenel

Language

French

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

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Citation

De Toussenel, Alphonse. L'Esprit des betes. Paris: Librairie societaire, 1847.

We have to distrust each other. It's our only defense against betrayal.

Tennessee Williams

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Topic

Misanthropy Trusting others Betrayal

Speaker

Marguerite

Author

Tennessee Williams

Source

Camino Real

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play)

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Williams, Tennessee. Camino Real. New Directions, 1953, block 10.

I wish I loved the Human Race;
I wish I loved its silly face;
I wish I liked the way it walks;
I wish I liked the way it talks;
And when I'm introduced to one
I wish I thought What Jolly Fun!

Walter Alexander Raleigh

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Topic

Misanthropy

Author

Walter Alexander Raleigh

Source

Wishes of an Elderly Man

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Raleigh, Walter Alexander. "Wishes of an Elderly Man, Wished at a Garden Party, June 1914." Laughter from a Cloud. Constable, 1923, I. 1.

Current Citation

Raleigh, Walter Alexander. Wishes of an Elderly Man Wished at a Garden-Party, June 1914. Midsummer Press, 1983, I. 1.