"Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood -- we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we."

Rostand, Jean · Prejudice · 2 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/32108/">Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood -- we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/6268/">Rostand, Jean</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/prejudice/">Prejudice</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman."

Anderson, Marian · Fear · 5 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/14686/">Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/189/">Anderson, Marian</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/fear/">Fear</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity."

Shaw, George Bernard · Indifference · 3 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/20724/">The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/6649/">Shaw, George Bernard</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/indifference/">Indifference</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it."

Kundera, Milan · Animals · 2 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/2580/">Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/4156/">Kundera, Milan</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/animals/">Animals</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"What is the use of this fuss about morality when the issue only involves a horse? The first and most difficult teaching of civilization concerns man's behavior to his inferiors. Make humanity gentle or reasonable toward animals, and strife or injustice between human beings would speedily terminate."

Mayhew, Dr Edward · Humankind · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/19692/">What is the use of this fuss about morality when the issue only involves a horse? The first and most difficult teaching of civilization concerns man's behavior to his inferiors. Make humanity gentle or reasonable toward animals, and strife or injustice between human beings would speedily terminate..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/4822/">Mayhew, Dr Edward</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/humankind/">Humankind</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty."

Phaedrus · Tenderness · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/38632/">Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/5678/">Phaedrus</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/tenderness/">Tenderness</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"All cruelty springs from weakness."

Seneca · Weakness · 3 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/41158/">All cruelty springs from weakness..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/6599/">Seneca</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/weakness/">Weakness</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"It is rude to silence a fool, and cruelty to let him go on."

Unknown, Source · Fools and Foolishness · 3 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/15431/">It is rude to silence a fool, and cruelty to let him go on..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/7377/">Unknown, Source</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/fools_and_foolishness/">Fools and Foolishness</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"They have a Right to censure, that have a Heart to help: The rest is Cruelty, not Justice. "

Penn, William · Uncategorised · 2 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/45593/">They have a Right to censure, that have a Heart to help: The rest is Cruelty, not Justice. .</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/5632/">Penn, William</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/uncategorised/">Uncategorised</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us."

Nightingale, Earl · Attitude · 11 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/3492/">Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/5348/">Nightingale, Earl</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/attitude/">Attitude</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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