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When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home read more
When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home to mama.
Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!
Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!
Inhumanity is caught from man,
From smiling man.
Inhumanity is caught from man,
From smiling man.
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.
And you, enchantment,
Worthy enough a herdsman--yea, him too,
That makes himself, but for our honor therein,
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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.
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
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the
bear, but because it gave pleasure to the read more
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the
bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
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.]