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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
Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!
Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!
Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural read more
Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.
I would love to see the grimace he [Marquis de Cinq-Mars] is now
making on the scaffold.
[Fr., read more
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.]
Men are cruel, but Man is kind.
Men are cruel, but Man is kind.
Inhumanity is caught from man,
From smiling man.
Inhumanity is caught from man,
From smiling man.
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.]
Detested sport,
That owes its pleasures to another's pain.
Detested sport,
That owes its pleasures to another's pain.
