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    Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.

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And you, enchantment,
Worthy enough a herdsman--yea, him too,
That makes himself, but for our honor therein,
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And you, enchantment,
Worthy enough a herdsman--yea, him too,
That makes himself, but for our honor therein,
Unworthy thee-if ever henceforth thou
These rural latches to his entrance open,
Or hoop his body more with thy embraces,
I will devise a death as cruel for thee
As thou art tender to't.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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See what a rent the envious Casca made.

See what a rent the envious Casca made.

by William Shakespeare 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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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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Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

by Honore De Balzac Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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I would love to see the grimace he [Marquis de Cinq-Mars] is now
making on the scaffold.
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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.]

by Louis Xiii Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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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.

by G. K. Chesterton 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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In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not read more

In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning and cruelty

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