Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of it if we would.

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of it if we would.

残酷是遍及自然界和社会的法则;如果我们想摆脱它，我们也摆脱不了。

-- Thomas Hardy 哈代