Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.
Is the capacity for cruelty inherent in all of us?
Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt.
There's a certain edge about cruelty. If you're honest about it, most people wince, but say it had to be said.
We, as human beings, have the capacity for extreme cruelty.
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.
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 a tyrant that's always attended with fear.
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 towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.
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