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    I would love to see the grimace he [Marquis de Cinq-Mars] is now
    making on the scaffold.
    [Fr., Je voudrais bien voir la grimace qu'il fait a cette heure
    sur cet echafaud.]

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Inhumanity is caught from man,
From smiling man.

Inhumanity is caught from man,
From smiling man.

by Edward Young Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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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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Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the
sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence.

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

by Alexander Hume Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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I must be cruel only to be kind.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

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Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!

by Robert Burns Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the
bear, but because it gave pleasure to the read more

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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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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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.

Cruelty and fear shake hands together.

by Honore De Balzac Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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One of the ill effects of cruelty is that it makes the bystanders cruel

One of the ill effects of cruelty is that it makes the bystanders cruel

by Thomas Fowell Buxton Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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