<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Cruelty - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10806]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10807]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home to mama.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty and fear shake hands together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty and fear shake hands together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between coarse and refined abuse is the difference between being bruised by a club and wounded by a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10803]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between coarse and refined abuse is the difference between being bruised by a club and wounded by a poisoned arrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10805]]></link><description><![CDATA[All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must be cruel only to be kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10793]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must be cruel only to be kind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See what a rent the envious Casca made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10794]]></link><description><![CDATA[See what a rent the envious Casca made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men so noble, However faulty, yet should find respect  For what they have been: 'tis a cruelty   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men so noble, However faulty, yet should find respect  For what they have been: 'tis a cruelty   To load a falling man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive If you will these graces to the grave,  And leave the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive If you will these graces to the grave,  And leave the world no copy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And you, enchantment, Worthy enough a herdsman--yea, him too,  That makes himself, but for our honor therein,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10797]]></link><description><![CDATA[And you, enchantment, Worthy enough a herdsman--yea, him too,  That makes himself, but for our honor therein,   Unworthy thee-if ever henceforth thou    These rural latches to his entrance open,     Or hoop his body more with thy embraces,      I will devise a death as cruel for thee       As thou art tender to't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inhumanity is caught from man, From smiling man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inhumanity is caught from man, From smiling man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the ill effects of cruelty is that it makes the bystanders cruel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10799]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the ill effects of cruelty is that it makes the bystanders cruel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty and fear shake hands together ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty and fear shake hands together]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People in general are cruel to one another. The only way to have fun to them is to make fun ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10780]]></link><description><![CDATA[People in general are cruel to one another. The only way to have fun to them is to make fun of someone. I hate that. Why can't someone be different.why can't someone be themselves without being made fun of? I hate society because of how they judge pe]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the ill effects of cruelty is that it makes the bystanders cruel ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10781]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the ill effects of cruelty is that it makes the bystanders cruel]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are cruel, but Man is kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are cruel, but Man is kind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10783]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning and cruelty]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is cruelty to be humane to rebels, and humanity is cruelty. [Fr., Contre les rebelles c'est cruante que d'estre ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10786]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is cruelty to be humane to rebels, and humanity is cruelty. [Fr., Contre les rebelles c'est cruante que d'estre humain, et humanite d'estre cruel.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An angel with a trumpet said, "Forever more, forever more,  The reign of violence is o'er!" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10789]]></link><description><![CDATA[An angel with a trumpet said, "Forever more, forever more,  The reign of violence is o'er!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would love to see the grimace he [Marquis de Cinq-Mars] is now making on the scaffold. [Fr., Je voudrais ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would love to see the grimace he [Marquis de Cinq-Mars] is now making on the scaffold. [Fr., Je voudrais bien voir la grimace qu'il fait a cette heure sur cet echafaud.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others. [Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10791]]></link><description><![CDATA[He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others. [Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10792]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2739]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2739</guid></item></channel></rss>