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Detested sport,
That owes its pleasures to another's pain.
Detested sport,
That owes its pleasures to another's pain.
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
Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
It is not linen you're wearing out,
But human creatures' lives.
It is not linen you're wearing out,
But human creatures' lives.
Men are cruel, but Man is kind.
Men are cruel, but Man is kind.
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.]
Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears
Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears
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.]
An angel with a trumpet said,
"Forever more, forever more,
The reign of violence is o'er!"
An angel with a trumpet said,
"Forever more, forever more,
The reign of violence is o'er!"
