“When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the frustration from which it has arisen.”

—  Edith Sitwell

Source: Taken Care Of (1965), p. 221
Context: There are people, also, who cannot believe that beauty and gaiety are a part of goodness.
When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the frustration from which it has arisen.

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