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Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears
Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears
 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. 
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.
 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. 
 Detested sport,
 That owes its pleasures to another's pain.  
 Detested sport,
 That owes its pleasures to another's pain. 
Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty.
Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty.
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.
All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness.
All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness.
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