I must be cruel only to be kind.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

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.

Inhumanity is caught from man,
From smiling man.

Inhumanity is caught from man,
From smiling man.

People in general are cruel to one another. The only way to have fun to them is to make fun read more

People in general are cruel to one another. The only way to have fun to them is to make fun of someone. I hate that. Why can't someone be different.why can't someone be themselves without being made fun of? I hate society because of how they judge pe

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.

An angel with a trumpet said,
"Forever more, forever more,
The reign of violence is o'er!"

An angel with a trumpet said,
"Forever more, forever more,
The reign of violence is o'er!"

If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel read more

If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one.

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