I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect. Oscar Wilde
I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.Lord Chesterfield
I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force Mahatma Gandhi
Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature. Mahatma Gandhi
The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.Lord Chesterfield
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct. Cicero
The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them. Max Eastman
To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by. Stephen Baker