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Cruelty Quotes - Page 4

To exult over the miseries of an unhappy creature is inhuman.

Hugh Blair, Alfred Howard (Esq.) (1810). “The Beauties of Blair: Consisting of Selections from His Works”, p.18

Inhumanity is caught from man, From smiling man.

Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1793). “Night thoughts on life death and immortality ... to which are added the life of the author and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job”, p.94

Goodness, real goodness, has it's own sort of cruelty to it.

Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.323, Simon and Schuster

Evil almost always starts with small cruelties.

Will Schwalbe (2012). “The End of Your Life Book Club”, p.130, Vintage

It was woman that taught me cruelty, and on woman therefore I have exercised it.

Walter Scott (2015). “Heroes of the Scottish Highlands: Ivanhoe, Waverley and Rob Roy (3 Unabridged Illustrated Classics): Historical Novels from the Author of The Pirate, The Heart of Midlothian, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, The Bride of Lammermoor and Anne of Geierstein”, p.210, e-artnow

It is said that the greatest cruelty is drawn from those with the kindest hearts.

Terry Goodkind (2015). “Temple Of The Winds”, p.80, Head of Zeus

Perhaps in nearly every joy, as certainly in every pleasure, cruelty has its place.

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.105, Oxford University Press on Demand

Cowardice is the mother of cruelty.

Michel de Montaigne (2013). “The Complete Essays of Montaigne (107 annotated essays in 1 eBook + The Life of Montaigne + The Letters of Montaigne)”, p.683, e-artnow

If obedience invariably leads to cruelty, disobedience is our moral duty.

"Keep the Faith". Text projections in the Duveen Gallery, Tate Britain, London, 2006.

It's the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can't cope with it.

Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “The Collected Works of Lucy Maud Montgomery: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poems, Letters and Memoirs (Including The Complete Anne Shirley Series, Chronicles of Avonlea & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of Windy Poplars, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, The Story Girl, The Golden Road, Pat of Silver Bush, The Blue Castle & many more”, p.5874, e-artnow