A Secret Affinity

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Violent antipathies are always suspicious, and betray a secret affinity.

- A Quote from William Hazlitt

What can we learn from this famous saying?

This is a saying about over-exaggeration and the betrayal of a secret affinity.

I think the first time we learned and revealed this was as kids, when a boy liked a girl and was therefore meaner or more anti-girl in front of others and that particular girl. Secretly in his heart he liked that very girl and betrayed the inner secret through obvious and exaggerated anti-behavior.