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> [It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reiteration of the badness of our spiritual condition will make us consent to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-trilling/it-is-possible-that-the-contemplation-of-cruelty-will-not-make-us/)

[Lionel Trilling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-trilling/)

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> [Humans. Violent but peace-loving. Passionate but cerebral. Humane but cruel. Impulsive but calculating. Generous but selfish. And yet, somehow I knew that they represented the best hope of the galaxy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-applegate/humans-violent-but-peace-loving-passionate-but-cerebral-humane-but-2/)

[Katherine Applegate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-applegate/)

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