“ True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes. Rather the firm resolve of virtue and reason. ”
- Alfred North Whitehead- Copy
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“ The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic. ”
- James Thurber- Copy
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“ I must be cruel, only to be kind: Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it. ”
- George Santayana- Copy
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“ There are many humorous things in the world, among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ To insult someone we call him "bestial." For deliberate cruelty and nature, "human" might be the greater insult. ”
- Isaac Asimov- Copy
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“ I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid. ”
- Dorothy Parker- Copy
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“ The slowness of time, for a man who knows nothing will happen, is brutal. ”
- Cesare Pavese- Copy
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“ The universe has a sense of irony, and sometimes you get reminded just how sadistic that can be. ”
- Laurell K. Hamilton- Copy
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“ We manage to swallow flesh, only because we do not think of the cruel and sinful thing we do. ”
- Rabindranath Tagore- Copy
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“ She got even in a way that was almost cruel. She forgave them. on Eleanor Roosevelt. ”
- Ralph McGill- Copy
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“ The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already. ”
- Edward Abbey- Copy
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“ Men are in general so tricky, so envious, and so cruel, that when we find one who is only weak, we are too happy. ”
- Voltaire- Copy
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“ Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life. ”
- Jiddu Krishnamurti- Copy
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“ I require three things in a man. He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid. ”
- Dorothy Parker- Copy
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“ The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it. ”
- Axel Munthe- Copy
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“ Let me be cruel, not unnatural; I will speak daggers to her, but use none. My tongue and soul in this be hypocrites: How in my words somever she be shent, To give them seals never, my soul, consent! ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn't mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel. ”
- Hedy Lamarr- Copy
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“ My objection to Christianity is that it is infinitely cruel, infinitely selfish, and I might add infinitely absurd. ”
- Robert Ingersoll- Copy
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“ Be damn sure before you get off the ferris wheel, because there are twenty-two perky and ruthless women waiting to get on. ”
- Kim Cattrall- Copy
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“ Pity is not natural to man. Children are always cruel. Savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them… ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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