Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.
There's a certain edge about cruelty. If you're honest about it, most people wince, but say it had to be said.
Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt.
Is the capacity for cruelty inherent in all of us?
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, as human beings, have the capacity for extreme cruelty.
Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty.
Cruelty is not a literary value.
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.
Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.
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