The principal difference between love and hate is that love is an irradiation, and hate is a concentration. Love makes everything lovely; hate concen… - Sydney J. Harris

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The principal difference between love and hate is that love is an irradiation, and hate is a concentration. Love makes everything lovely; hate concentrates itself on the object of its hatred. All the fearful counterfeits of love — possessiveness, lust, vanity, jealousy — are closer to hate: they concentrate on the object, guard it, suck it dry.

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About Sydney J. Harris

Sydney J. Harris (14 September 1917 in London – 8 December 1986 in Chicago) was a syndicated essayist and drama critic.

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Alternative Names: Sydney Harris • J. Harris
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