 He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
– Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) |
Tag Archives: cruelty
Fyodor Dostoevsky – The beastial cruelty of man
 People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.
– Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) |
Mark Twain – Man is the only animal that is cruel
 Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.
– Mark Twain (1835-1910) |
