#cruel

Punishing a person for the wrongs of another makes about as much sense as throwing up to enjoy the meal a second time. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#punishment #richelle #richelle-goodrich #unkindness #wrongs

Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn't mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#because #boring #children #criminal #cruel

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim. ↗

— Alphonse de Lamartine

#brutality #cruelty #difference #mankind #only

One of the cruelest judgments sustained against me is that I have spoken out as a recovered alcoholic to stimulate my acting career. ↗

— Mercedes McCambridge

#against #alcoholic #career #cruelest #i

If anyone has seen the horrific and unwatchable footage of the Chinese cat and dog trade - animals skinned alive - then they could not possibly argue in favour of China as a caring nation. There are no animal protection laws in China and this results in the worst animal abuse and cruelty on the planet. It is indefensible. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#alive #animal #anyone #argue #caring

The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it. ↗

— Axel Munthe

#beast #behind #cage #cruel #front

As I get older, all sorts of things become less funny. Once one has children, any cruelty involving children becomes far less amusing than when one was at the mercy of one's friends' and relatives' children. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#any #become #becomes #children #cruelty

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#does #fiber #free #free people #human

Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities and is regarded as wicked and degrading. ↗

— Elihu Root

#century #cruelty #degrading #lower #lower animals

Cruelty isn't a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit. ↗

— Rick Yancey

#cruelty