Quote by Robin Hobb

“People talk sometimes of bestial cruelty, but that's a great injustice to the beasts; a beast can never be so cruel as a man,…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Some speak of the savagery of beasts. I will ever prefer that to the thoughtless contempt some men have toward animals.”

— Robin Hobb

“I sometimes think that animals are incapable of the kinds of cruelty that humans willingly inflict on each other.”

— Belinda Jeffrey

“Indeed, people speak sometimes about the ‘animal’ cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to animals, no animal could ever be…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Cruelty is only for men, as is mercy. Only we can choose one or the other, and beasts cannot.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“And remember it takes great courage and heart for a man who knows no kindness to show it to another. Even the wildest of…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“...we have no right to distress any of God's creatures without a very good reason; we call them dumb animals, and so they are,…

— Anna Sewell

“There is a certain animal vitality in most of us which carries us through any trouble but the absolutely overwhelming. Only a fool has…

— Edward Abbey

“(’No animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.’)”

— Jonathan Glover

People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so…

— Anonymous

“that indifference to the sufferings which they cause which, whatever names else be given it, is the one true, terrible and lasting form of…

— Marcel Proust

“I've known humans, and I know beasts. The beast is better. It is unpretentious. It kills for food. Humans do 'cause they're just not…

— Fakeer Ishavardas