“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
Tag: cruelty
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“Underneath all his preoccupations with sex, society, religion, etc. (all the staple abstractions that allow the forebrain to chatter) there is, quite simply, a man tortured beyond endurance by the lack of tenderness in the world.” — Lawrence Durrell, The Alexandria Quartet
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“There is nothing more atrociously cruel than an adored child.” — Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
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“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” — Bertrand Russell, An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish
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“The conquest of fear is of very great importance. Fear is in itself degrading; it easily becomes an obsession; it produces hate of that which is feared, and it leads headlong to excesses of cruelty.” — Bertrand Russell, “What Desires Are Politically Important?,” Nobel Lecture (1950-12-11)
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“It is Ill-manners to silence a Fool, and Cruelty to let him go on.” — George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections
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“Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.” — Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments
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“I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.” — Leo Rosten, Captain Newman, M. D.
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