He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
Man has done a lot to make himself dangerous and animals get the worst of all of it. But then, man too is an animal.
Man is the creature of circumstances.
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.
Man is an extraordinarily fixed and limited animal whose nature is absolutely constant. It is only by tradition and organisation that anything decent can be got out of him.
Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly?
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.