We are apt to be kinder to the brutes that love us than to the women that love us. Is it because the brutes are dumb?

We are apt to be kinder to the brutes that love us than to the women that love us. Is it because the brutes are dumb?

我们倾向于对爱我们的畜生比对爱我们的女人更仁慈。是因为这些畜生都是哑巴吗?

-- George Eliot 乔治·艾略特