“Terror made me cruel . . .”
Emily Bronte
“Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it”
Mark Twain
“I must be cruel only to be kind”
William Shakespeare
“It is only out of ignorance that people are cruel, because they really don’t think it will come back.”
Maya Angelou
“Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.”
Leo F. Buscaglia
“Let me be cruel, not unnatural;I will speak daggers to her, but use none.”
“Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. Extract from 'Memories of childhood and youth.'”
Albert Schweitzer
