Of all the creatures that man kills for his amusement there is only one that he kills out of hatred-other men. Man hates nothing as much as himself. That is why war is called the leprosy of the human soul. (Halldór Laxness)

Of all the creatures that man kills for his amusement there is only one that he kills out of hatred-other men. Man hates nothing as much as himself. That is why war is called the leprosy of the human soul.

Halldór Laxness

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