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Men are cruel, but Man is kind.
Men are cruel, but Man is kind.
 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.] 
 Inhumanity is caught from man,
 From smiling man.  
 Inhumanity is caught from man,
 From smiling man. 
The difference between coarse and refined abuse is the difference between being bruised by a club and wounded by a read more
The difference between coarse and refined abuse is the difference between being bruised by a club and wounded by a poisoned arrow.
 It is not linen you're wearing out,
 But human creatures' lives.  
 It is not linen you're wearing out,
 But human creatures' lives. 
 And you, enchantment,
 Worthy enough a herdsman--yea, him too,
  That makes himself, but for our honor therein,
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 And you, enchantment,
 Worthy enough a herdsman--yea, him too,
  That makes himself, but for our honor therein,
   Unworthy thee-if ever henceforth thou
    These rural latches to his entrance open,
     Or hoop his body more with thy embraces,
      I will devise a death as cruel for thee
       As thou art tender to't. 
I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
See what a rent the envious Casca made.
See what a rent the envious Casca made.
All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness.
All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness.