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 It is not linen you're wearing out,
 But human creatures' lives.  
 It is not linen you're wearing out,
 But human creatures' lives. 
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.
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
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.
 It is cruelty to be humane to rebels, and humanity is cruelty.
 [Fr., Contre les rebelles c'est cruante que read more 
 It is cruelty to be humane to rebels, and humanity is cruelty.
 [Fr., Contre les rebelles c'est cruante que d'estre humain, et 
humanite d'estre cruel.] 
 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. 
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.
Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!
Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!
When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home read more
When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home to mama.