Is the capacity for cruelty inherent in all of us?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We, as human beings, have the capacity for extreme cruelty.
Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.
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.
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.
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.
I'm very touched on a deep level by cruelty to animals.
Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.
Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.
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