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Torture Quotes

The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers Picture Quote #1

This would be my torture: all that didn't bear thinking about would devote itself to forcing me to bear thinking about it Picture Quote #1

Torture will give a dozen pence or more to keep a drab from bawling at his door. The public taste is quite a different thing - torture is positively paid to sing Picture Quote #1

We are the heirs of a past of rope, fire, and murder. I for one am not ashamed of this past. My shame is for those who became so inhuman that they could inflict this torture upon us Picture Quote #1

We must all die. But that I can save him from days of torture, that is what I feel as my great and ever new privilege. Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death himself Picture Quote #1

There is such a torture, happily unknown to ancient tyranny, as talking a man to death. Marcus Aurelius advises to assent readily to great talkers - in hopes, I suppose, to put an end to the argument Picture Quote #1

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Next to not living with those one loves, the worst torture is living with those one doesn't love Picture Quote #1

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself Picture Quote #1

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians Picture Quote #1

Anglers boast of the innocence of their pastime; yet it puts fellow-creatures to the torture. They pique themselves on their meditative faculties; and yet their only excuse is a want of thought Picture Quote #1

In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it Picture Quote #1

If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes Picture Quote #1

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Better be with the dead, whom we to gain our peace, have sent to peace, than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy Picture Quote #1

I suppose what's happened recently has confirmed suspicions I voiced in the book, and I think made clearer some of those things that I point out. For instance I have a section of the book where I talk about the possibility of torture Picture Quote #1

Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial thing, commonplace, uncalled for, natural as air. It is intangible; no one can grasp it or fight against it; it dwells in time - is the same thing as time; if it comes in fits and starts, that is only so as to leave the sufferer more defenseless during the moments that follow, those long moments when one relives the last bout of torture and waits for the next Picture Quote #1

If I depart from thee, I cannot live; and in thy sight to die, what were it else But like a pleasant slumber in thy lap? To die by thee were but to die in jest; from thee to die were torture more than death Picture Quote #1

Comic books, movies, radio programmes centered their entertainment around the fact of torture. With the clearest of consciences, with a patriotic intensity, children dreamed, talked, acted orgies of physical abuse. Imaginations were released to wander on a reconnaissance mission from Cavalry to Dachau. European children starved and watched their parents scheme and die. Here we grew up with toy whips. Early warning against our future leaders, the war babies Picture Quote #1

What, what is virtue, but repose of mind, a pure ethereal calm, that knows no storm; above the reach of wild ambition's wind, above those passions that this world deform and torture man Picture Quote #1

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Forbearance in the face of fate, beauty constant under torture, are not merely passive. They are a positive achievement, an explicit triumph Picture Quote #1

Death row is a nightmare to serial killers and ax murderers. For an innocent man, it's a life of mental torture that the human spirit is not equipped to survive Picture Quote #1

When I was a teenager, I was fat. I was shy. I wore glasses. I had a big eyebrow and hair all over my body. They were years of torture Picture Quote #1

Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services Picture Quote #1

The Gucci woman - you know what she’s after. The Saint Laurent woman - she’s going to torture you a little bit. You might have sex, but she will drip a little hot wax on you first Picture Quote #1

The coward wretch whose hand and heart can bear to torture aught below, is ever first to quail and start from the slightest pain or equal foe Picture Quote #1

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What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer Picture Quote #1

When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture Picture Quote #1

Less than fifteen per cent of the people do any original thinking on any subject. The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think Picture Quote #1

One of the techniques terrorists employ is to allege torture and mistreatment when they are captured, regardless of whether it is true Picture Quote #1

Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture Picture Quote #1

Yet it is awful to love a person who is a torture to you. And a fascinating person who loves you and won’t hear of anything but your loving him and living right by his side through all eternity! Picture Quote #1

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The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers (Torture Quotes) This would be my torture: all that didn't bear thinking about would devote itself to forcing me to bear thinking about it (Torture Quotes) Torture will give a dozen pence or more to keep a drab from bawling at his door. The public taste is quite a different thing - torture is positively paid to sing (Torture Quotes) We are the heirs of a past of rope, fire, and murder. I for one am not ashamed of this past. My shame is for those who became so inhuman that they could inflict this torture upon us (Torture Quotes) We must all die. But that I can save him from days of torture, that is what I feel as my great and ever new privilege. Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death himself (Torture Quotes) There is such a torture, happily unknown to ancient tyranny, as talking a man to death. Marcus Aurelius advises to assent readily to great talkers - in hopes, I suppose, to put an end to the argument (Torture Quotes) Next to not living with those one loves, the worst torture is living with those one doesn't love (Torture Quotes) Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself (Torture Quotes) It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians (Torture Quotes) Anglers boast of the innocence of their pastime; yet it puts fellow-creatures to the torture. They pique themselves on their meditative faculties; and yet their only excuse is a want of thought (Torture Quotes) In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it (Torture Quotes) If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes (Torture Quotes) Better be with the dead, whom we to gain our peace, have sent to peace, than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy (Torture Quotes) I suppose what's happened recently has confirmed suspicions I voiced in the book, and I think made clearer some of those things that I point out. For instance I have a section of the book where I talk about the possibility of torture (Torture Quotes) Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial thing, commonplace, uncalled for, natural as air. It is intangible; no one can grasp it or fight against it; it dwells in time - is the same thing as time; if it comes in fits and starts, that is only so as to leave the sufferer more defenseless during the moments that follow, those long moments when one relives the last bout of torture and waits for the next (Torture Quotes) If I depart from thee, I cannot live; and in thy sight to die, what were it else But like a pleasant slumber in thy lap? To die by thee were but to die in jest; from thee to die were torture more than death (Torture Quotes) Comic books, movies, radio programmes centered their entertainment around the fact of torture. With the clearest of consciences, with a patriotic intensity, children dreamed, talked, acted orgies of physical abuse. Imaginations were released to wander on a reconnaissance mission from Cavalry to Dachau. European children starved and watched their parents scheme and die. Here we grew up with toy whips. Early warning against our future leaders, the war babies (Torture Quotes) What, what is virtue, but repose of mind, a pure ethereal calm, that knows no storm; above the reach of wild ambition's wind, above those passions that this world deform and torture man (Torture Quotes) Forbearance in the face of fate, beauty constant under torture, are not merely passive. They are a positive achievement, an explicit triumph (Torture Quotes) Death row is a nightmare to serial killers and ax murderers. For an innocent man, it's a life of mental torture that the human spirit is not equipped to survive (Torture Quotes) When I was a teenager, I was fat. I was shy. I wore glasses. I had a big eyebrow and hair all over my body. They were years of torture (Torture Quotes) Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services (Torture Quotes) The Gucci woman - you know what she’s after. The Saint Laurent woman - she’s going to torture you a little bit. You might have sex, but she will drip a little hot wax on you first (Torture Quotes) The coward wretch whose hand and heart can bear to torture aught below, is ever first to quail and start from the slightest pain or equal foe (Torture Quotes) What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer (Torture Quotes) When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture (Torture Quotes) Less than fifteen per cent of the people do any original thinking on any subject. The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think (Torture Quotes) One of the techniques terrorists employ is to allege torture and mistreatment when they are captured, regardless of whether it is true (Torture Quotes) Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture (Torture Quotes) Yet it is awful to love a person who is a torture to you. And a fascinating person who loves you and won’t hear of anything but your loving him and living right by his side through all eternity! (Torture Quotes)

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