Quote #1486 about cruelty by Albert Schweitzer
“Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. Extract from 'Memories of childhood and youth.'”by Albert Schweitzer
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