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It is not linen you're wearing out,
But human creatures' lives.
It is not linen you're wearing out,
But human creatures' lives.
In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not read more
In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning and cruelty
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears
Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears
Cruelty and fear shake hands together
Cruelty and fear shake hands together
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
Men are cruel, but Man is kind.
Men are cruel, but Man is kind.
Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.
Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.
