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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 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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"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 is contagious in uncivilized communities."

"Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities."

Harriet Ann Jacobs, American Writer

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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"Farewell, fair cruelty."

"Farewell, fair cruelty."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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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 Dostoyevsky, Russian Novelist

Cruelty, Humanity, Animals, Art

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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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"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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