“Men are cruel, but Man is kind. ”
“Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel. ”
“My father was a deeply sentimental man. And like all sentimental men, he was also very cruel.”
“But Peter had seen too much, knew too well that men-kind didn't need an excuse to be cruel and murder one another.”
“Kindness is cruel if it compromises the truth.”
“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.”