“Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.”
The Star Rover
Variant: Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Jack London77
American author, journalist, and social activist 1876–1916Related quotes
“Weak men are apt to be cruel.”
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695) English politician
http://books.google.com/books?id=K6lsEtMo1KMC&q=%22Weak+men+are+apt+to+be+cruel%22&pg=PA128#v=onepage
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Moral Thoughts and Reflections
“It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.”
Anatole France (1844–1924) French writer
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
In London Calling http://books.google.pt/books?id=l80fAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Men+tend+to+have+the+beliefs+that+suit+their+passions.%22&dq=%22Men+tend+to+have+the+beliefs+that+suit+their+passions.%22&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ei=q9mEUcj-AoqM7AbW3IGoBQ&ved=0CFMQ6AEwBw (1947), p. 18 <br class="br">1940s
“Men are always the same. Fear makes them cruel.”
W. Somerset Maugham book The Moon and Sixpence
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 55, p. 204
“You are like all cruel men, sentimental; you are like all sentimental men; squeamish.”
Brian W. Aldiss (1925–2017) British science fiction author
“Poor Little Warrior!” p. 80
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
“What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God.”
W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) British playwright, novelist, short story writer
"1901", p. 67
A Writer's Notebook (1946)
“The Turk is cruel, but he is perfectly stupid, and is no match for the sagacious Albanian.”
Isa Boletini (1864–1916) Kosovo Albanian guerilla leader
New York Times (September 12th, 1912) http://www.thealbanians.com/historical_press/issa_boletini.htm.
John Ruskin (1819–1900) English writer and art critic
Lecture II, section 35.
The Eagle's Nest (1872)
Context: We shall be remembered in history as the most cruel, and therefore the most unwise, generation of men that ever yet troubled the earth: — the most cruel in proportion to their sensibility, — the most unwise in proportion to their science. No people, understanding pain, ever inflicted so much: no people, understanding facts, ever acted on them so little.
“My father was a deeply sentimental man. And like all sentimental men, he was also very cruel.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist