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 and fear shake hands together

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

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.

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.

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.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

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.