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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
 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.
 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.] 
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
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.
 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.] 
 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.] 
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.