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Cruelty Quotes

"I got a divorce eleven years later on the grounds of cruelty, which is still not easy in England."

"I got a divorce eleven years later on the grounds of cruelty, which is still not easy in England."

Dinah Sheridan, English Actress

Cruelty, Divorce, England, Years

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"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable."

"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable."

Jodie Foster, American Actress

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"Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without."

"Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without."

Rue McClanahan, American Actress

Cruelty, Fashion

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"Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt."

"Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"I must be cruel only to be kind; Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind."

"I must be cruel only to be kind; Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Cruelty, Kindness, Truth, Regret, Power

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"The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn."

"The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn."

Pope John Paul II, Polish Clergyman

Cruelty, Victims

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"Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves."

"Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves."

Paul Tillich, German Theologian

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"Cruelty against innocent helpless animals is the worst form of violence."

"Cruelty against innocent helpless animals is the worst form of violence."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Cruelty, Animals, Violence, Injustice

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"Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty."

"Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities."

"Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities."

Harriet Ann Jacobs, American Writer

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"In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other."

"In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other."

J. M. Coetzee, South African Author

Cruelty, Order, Suffering

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"Farewell, fair cruelty."

"Farewell, fair cruelty."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"The bust of Colonel Sanders stands as a monument to cruelty and has no place in the Kentucky state Capitol."

"The bust of Colonel Sanders stands as a monument to cruelty and has no place in the Kentucky state Capitol."

Pamela Anderson, American Actress

Cruelty, Kentucky, Monument, State

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"Only the cruelest hunters set their traps with terror and trepidation."

"Only the cruelest hunters set their traps with terror and trepidation."

Nenia Campbell, Swedish Musician

Cruelty, Hunting, Fear, Deception

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"Some kids also think it makes them coolWhen they pick on other kids, being cruel."

"Some kids also think it makes them coolWhen they pick on other kids, being cruel."

Christina Engela, South African Author

Cruelty, Youth, Behavior, Morality

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"Is the capacity for cruelty inherent in all of us?"

"Is the capacity for cruelty inherent in all of us?"

Soledad O'Brien, American Journalist

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"People talk sometimes of 'bestial' cruelty, but that's a great injustice and insult to the beast; a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically, so artfully cruel."

"People talk sometimes of 'bestial' cruelty, but that's a great injustice and insult to the beast; a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically, so artfully cruel."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

Cruelty, Humanity, Animals, Art

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"So that the smile was not so much an attitude to be taken to life as the nature of the cruelty of life, a cruelty we cannot even choose to avoid, since it is human existence."

"So that the smile was not so much an attitude to be taken to life as the nature of the cruelty of life, a cruelty we cannot even choose to avoid, since it is human existence."

John Fowles, English Novelist

Cruelty, Existence, Irony, Acceptance

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