Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities and is regarded as wicked and degrading.
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.
We have to be aware of our fragilities as human beings - when we see cruelty, to understand that in certain conditions, we could be cruel, too.
Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt.
It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reiteration of the badness of our spiritual condition will make us consent to it.
It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy.
We, as human beings, have the capacity for extreme cruelty.
Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.
Society's mores have changed, and what used to be thought not to be cruel and unusual now is thought to be cruel and unusual.
As long as man eats animals how can cruelty to animals be removed.
Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.