A man hates his enemy because he hates his own hate. He says to himself: This fellow, my enemy, has made me capable of hate. I hate him not because he’s my enemy, not because he hates me, but because he arouses me to hate.
 Elie Wiesel, Dawn (1961). copy citation

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Author Elie Wiesel
Source Dawn
Topic hate enemies
Date 1961
Language English
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Note Translated by Frances Frenaye
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