All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of…

All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first.

Sourced, From Fables for Our Time and Further Fables for Our Time

The Crow and the Scarecrow”, The New Yorker (date unknown); Further Fables for Our Time (1956). This is derived from Oscar Wilde ’s statement “All men kill the thing they love…

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