Animals Quote by Tom Tryon
“The inferior creatures groan under your cruelties. You hunt them for your pleasure, and overwork them for your covetousness, and kill them for your gluttony, and set them to fight one with another till they die, and count it a sport and a pleasure to behold them worry one another.”
About This Quote
Source Novel: The Hunt (1975) excerpt
The passage condemns cruelty toward weaker creatures, describing exploitation for pleasure and sport, and the resulting suffering.
In simple terms: Exploiting the weak for sport is cruel and harmful.
Key Takeaway
Practice compassion toward all beings.
Themes
cruelty
exploitation
animal rights
violence
ethics
Mood
outraged
empathetic
Type
Animals:1
Covetousness:0
Creatures:1
Cruelty:1
Dies:0
Fighting:0
Gluttony:0
Hunts:1
Inferiors:0
Jealousy:0
Overwork:0
Pleasure:0
Sports:0
Worry:0
Inferior Creatures:0
Cruelties Hunt:0
Groan Cruelties:0
Creatures Groan:0
Kill Gluttony:0
When to use this quote
- animal welfare
- activism
- education campaigns
Key Concepts
philosophy
environmental ethics
social critique
Questions to Reflect On
- What motivates cruelty?
- How can we reduce animal suffering?
A Different Perspective
May lack nuance on human‑animal relations.
