"The vast majority of the race, whether savage or civilized, are secretly kind-hearted and shrink from inflicting pain, but in the presence of the aggressive and pitiless minority they don’t dare to assert themselves." – Mark Twain submitted by SwimmingNaked [link] [comment] Related Posts"Truth is stranger than fiction…" – Mark Twain OC "Suicide doesn’t take away the pain, it gives it to someone else" "A kind of light spread out from her…" John Steinbeck "Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see"- Mark Twain Fear will always dissipate when you face it, but regret, that pain never fades.