Cruelty Quotes

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

Cowardice is the mother of cruelty.

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The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.

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Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside itself—it only requires opportunity.

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

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Cruelty is the only sin.

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.

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When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the frustration from which it has arisen.

If we are the only animal with a sense of justice, it would clearly be because we also are about the only animal with a sense of cruelty.

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