Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it. Samuel Johnson
My aversion to them...springs from the perniciousness of that sect to society-I hate Papists, as a man, not as a Protestant. If Papists were only enemies to the religion of other men, I should overlook their errors. As they are foes to liberty, I cannot forgive them. Horace Walpole
What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones. Sogyal Rinpoche
If we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change. Alan Hirsch
Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect. François de La Rochefoucauld
I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours. Helen Clark