"In justifying cruelty to animals we put..." - Quote by C S Lewis
In justifying cruelty to animals we put ourselves also on the animal level. We choose the jungle and must abide by our choice.
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“A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.”
“I never heard weeping like that before or after; not from a child, nor a man wounded in the palm, nor a tortured man, nor a girl dragged off to slavery from a taken city. If you heard the woman you most hate in the world weep so, you would go to comfort her. You would fight your way through fire and spears to reach her. And I knew who wept, and what had been done to her, and who had done it.”
“Remember that all worlds draw to an end and that noble death is a treasure which no one is too poor to buy.”
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“If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful.”
“Before us lie two paths - honesty and dishonesty. The shortsighted embark on the dishonest path; the wise on the honest. For the wise know the truth; in helping others we help ourselves; and in hurting others we hurt ourselves. Character overshadows money, and trust rises above fame. Honesty is still the best policy.”
“To joy in conquest is to joy in the loss of human life.”
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“The very dogs were all asleep, and the flies, drunk with moist sugar in the grocer's shop, forgot their wings and briskness, and baked to death in dusty corners of the window.”
“I think animal crackers make people think that all animals taste the same.”