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    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

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Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

by Rabindranath Tagore Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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One of the ill effects of cruelty is that it makes the bystanders cruel.

One of the ill effects of cruelty is that it makes the bystanders cruel.

by Thomas Fowell Buxton Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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It is cruelty to be humane to rebels, and humanity is cruelty.
[Fr., Contre les rebelles c'est cruante que read more

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.]

by Robert Burns Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural read more

Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.

by Robinson Jeffers Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel read more

If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one.

by Anatole France Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural read more

Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us

by Robinson Jeffers Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness.

All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness.

by Seneca Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity

by George Eliot Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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Detested sport,
That owes its pleasures to another's pain.

Detested sport,
That owes its pleasures to another's pain.

by William Cowper Found in: Cruelty Quotes,
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