Cruelty Quote by Thomas Hardy Download Open image “Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of it if we would.” — Thomas Hardy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cruelty Law Nature Out Society
Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us. — Robinson Jeffers Copy Share Image
Cruelty might be very human and very cultural, but it is not acceptable and it is not an option. — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable. — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Cruelty is all out of ignorance. If you knew what was in store for you, you wouldn't hurt anybody, because whatever you do comes… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
Cruelty might be very human, and it might be very cultural, but it's not acceptable. — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Cruelty will continue existing on the face of the Earth as long as we have not learned to put ourselves in the place of… — Samael Aun Weor Copy Share Image
Unless we have courage to recognize cruelty for what it is-whether its victim is human or animal-we cannot expect things to be much better… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
If cruelty is no longer declared unlawful, but instead is applied as a matter of policy, it alters the fundamental relationship of man to… — Alberto J. Mora Copy Share Image
“He grew away from old associations, and saw something new in life and humanity. Secondarily, he made close acquaintance with phenomena which he had… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
“She was in a sound sleep, Jude, dying of anxiety lest she should have caught a chill which might permanently injure her, was glad… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Meanwhile, the trees were just as green as before; the birds sang and the sun shone as clearly now as ever. The familiar surroundings… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
You could sometimes see her twelfth year in her cheeks, or her ninth sparkling from her eyes; and even her fifth would flit over… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
“It was mid-May time, bringing with it weather not, perhaps, quite so blooming as that assumed to be natural to the month by the… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Measurement of life should be proportioned rather to the intensity of the experience than to its actual length. — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
“I was court-martialed in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.” — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
“It being the first time in his life that he had touched female fingers under water, Dick duly registered the sensation as rather a… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
“As soon as she could discern the outline of the house, it had all its old effect upon Tess's imagination. Part of her body… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
It revealed a cruelty that really made one wonder if the universe was such a good idea after all. — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
There's a certain edge about cruelty. If you're honest about it, most people wince, but say it had to be said. — Pete Waterman Copy Share Image
He lacked tenderness; he was rude; and he had more than a streak of cruelty in him; he was a thief and a liar.… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things,… — James Nayler Copy Share Image
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Regarding lack of vision or disabilities of the organ of sight, it has long been known among researchers that it is the effect of… — Max Heindel Copy Share Image
“When you’re a monster, she thought, you are thanked and praised for not behaving like a monster. She would like to restrain from cruelty… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
What is it the Bible teaches us? - raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? - to believe that… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Music comes from the heart and returns to the heart... music is spontaneous, impulsive expression... its range is without limit... music is forever growing...… — Leopold Stokowski Copy Share Image
The schoolmaster is the person who takes the children off the parents' hands for a consideration. That is to say, he establishes a child… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image