proverb · Legacy record
Cruelty is the child of anger and revenge.
Cruelty is the child of anger and revenge.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Cruelty called the child of anger and revenge links harmful conduct with retaliatory feeling. The saying questions what a wish to strike back may produce.
What the words are saying
The statement is not a clinical cause or a complete explanation of cruelty. Anger need not lead to harm and can accompany a justified concern. A useful application distinguishes feelings from choices, supports boundaries and accountability, and does not excuse an aggressor by blaming emotion alone.
Everyday example
Someone expresses a justified concern without using it as permission to humiliate another person.
When to use it
Use it to examine retaliation while separating emotion from harmful conduct.
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What it does not mean
No inevitable cruelty from anger or excuse for harm is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
Russia
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin.- Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 880; PDF page 77; collection label: Russia
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- Culture
- Russia