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    Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the
    sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence.

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Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive
If you will these graces to the grave,
And leave read more

Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive
If you will these graces to the grave,
And leave the world no copy.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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Detested sport,
That owes its pleasures to another's pain.

Detested sport,
That owes its pleasures to another's pain.

by William Cowper Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness.

All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness.

by Seneca Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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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.]

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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears

Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears

by Publilius Syrus Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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Men so noble,
However faulty, yet should find respect
For what they have been: 'tis a cruelty
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Men so noble,
However faulty, yet should find respect
For what they have been: 'tis a cruelty
To load a falling man.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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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.

by George Eliot Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the
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The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the
bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

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Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!

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