Inflicting Quotes

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Whoever is the first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy will be fresh for the fight... Therefore the clever combatant imposes… — Sun Tzu
The vast majority of the race whether savage or civilized, are secretly kind at heart and shrink from inflicting pain, but in the presence of… — Mark Twain
To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then by knowingly and… — Jane Goodall
I have learned that in a long life we all eventually play the part of the betrayed, and we all eventually play the part of… — Robert Wagner
Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude. — Frank Muir
Liberty is not for these slaves; I do not advocate inflicting it against their conscience. On the contrary, I am strongly in favor of letting… — H. L. Mencken
Until we go through it ourselves, until our people cower in the shelters of New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles and elsewhere while the buildings… — William L. Shirer
Children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious, sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites, quick to laugh and cry, extreme in expressing joy and sorrow,… — Jean de la Bruyere
As a Jew and a psychologist, I understand the stress that religious communities feel in connection with questioning of circumcision... I raise these questions out… — Ronald Goldman
The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. Its fit hour of activity is night. Its actions are insane like its… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Acquiring weapons for the defense of Muslims is a religious duty. If I have indeed acquired these weapons, then I thank God for enabling me… — Osama bin Laden
The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have… — St. Jerome
As for inflicting our sorrow on other people, one does not want to go around blathering and crying all the time. But perhaps it is… — Martha Whitmore Hickman
They cannot degrade Frederick Douglass. The soul that is within me no man can degrade. I am not the one that is being degraded on… — Frederick Douglass
I cannot be with someone who takes pleasure in inflicting pain on me, someone who can't love me — E. L. James
Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody's… — Thomas More
Non-violence confronts systematic injustice with active love, but refuses to retaliate with further violence under any circumstances. In order to halt the vicious cycles of… — John Dear
For at the same time many people seem eager to extend the circle of our moral consideration to animals, in our factory farms and laboratories… — Michael Pollan
It is impossible â€“ now, at this point in the long journey of human culture â€“ to avoid the sense that pain is necessity; that… — Howard Barker
Punk Funk means to be one with yourself. To be rebellious, aggressive, able to do and say what you feel at all times, without inflicting… — Rick James

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