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

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

Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears

Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears

I would love to see the grimace he [Marquis de Cinq-Mars] is now
making on the scaffold.
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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.]

Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!

Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the
sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence.

Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the
sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence.

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

See what a rent the envious Casca made.

See what a rent the envious Casca made.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

It is not linen you're wearing out,
But human creatures' lives.

It is not linen you're wearing out,
But human creatures' lives.