Italy's flamboyant leader Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday more people love him than hate him, after leaving hospital following a violent weekend attack. 'I will have two memories from these days (in hospital): the hatred of few and the love of many, so many Italians,' the 73-year-old said in a statement. 'Neither the violence of stones nor the worse violence of words... will prevail' in Italy, he added. Berlusconi suffered serious facial wounds in Sunday's attack when a man said to have a history of psychological troubles threw a souvenir model of Milan's iconic cathedral at him. 'These last days I have felt that even some political opposition leaders have come closer,' Berlusconi said in the statement. The attack on the billionaire leader, already a larger-than-life figure in Italian politics, further polarised a sharply divided nation. The left and right have traded accusations of creating a 'climate of hatred' that led to the attack. 