The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love - almost as violent and much more mischievous.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Cruelty is all out of ignorance. If you knew what was in store for you, you wouldn't hurt anybody, because whatever you do comes back much more forceful than you send it out.
Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.
There's a certain edge about cruelty. If you're honest about it, most people wince, but say it had to be said.
Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.
Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.
In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.
Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.
Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.
I've always been fascinated by accounts of seemingly 'normal' people who have committed horrendous acts of cruelty and violence. You hear it on the news all the time.
Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt.
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