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That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?

Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison (1672–1719), British essayist. "The Cruelty of Parental Tyranny," Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments (1794).

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