Cruel and Unusual

Cruel and unusual is commonly used to describe certain controversial forms of physical punishment, for which see:

  • Cruel and unusual punishment

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Famous quotes containing the words cruel and/or unusual:

    “A sure proportion of rogue and dunce finds its way into every school and requires a cruel share of time, and the gentle teacher, who wished to be a Providence to youth, is grown a martinet, sore with suspicions; knows as much vice as the judge of a police court, and his love of learning is lost in the routine of grammars and books of elements.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “In proceeding to the dining-room, the gentleman gives one arm to the lady he escorts—it is unusual to offer both.”
    —Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)