Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn’t really hurt.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, Heartbreak House
Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin.
G.K. CHESTERTON, All Things Considered
Cruelty, very far from being a vice, is the first sentiment Nature injects in us all.
MARQUIS DE SADE, Philosophy in the Bedroom
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE, Short Studies on Great Subjects
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
BERTRAND RUSSELL, An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish
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