In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.
Leon TrotskyWe cherish reprobates, not for their cruelty, but for their little show of patronage.
Michael Bassey JohnsonIn life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.
Maggie NelsonNow I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it.
Anna SewellIt may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy.
Mercy Otis Warren