To revive sorrow is cruel.
Sophocles
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I must be cruel only to be kind; Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.
William Shakespeare
I must be cruel, only to be kind.
William Shakespeare
I must be cruel, only to be kind:Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.
William Shakespeare
Folly is often more cruel in the consequences than malice can be in the intent.
Aldous Huxley
Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel!
Ernesto 'che' Guevara
Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.
Germaine Greer
Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel.
John Quincy Adams
I do not see why man should not be just as cruel as nature.
Adolf Hitler
I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out.
Bill Hicks
Here is cruel Frederick, see! / A horrid wicked boy was he.
Heinrich Hoffman
NASA had to adjust to that cruel reality.
Andrew Chaikin
There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same.
Norman Mailer
God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.
Stephen King
Golf is a cruel game.
Graeme Mcdowell
For he who sees a need but waits to be asked is already set on cruel refusal.
Dante Alighieri
Kids can be cruel. They definitely made fun of me.
Dylan Ball
I judge these acts of Brother Connor to be particularly cruel, because I was so vulnerable at the time.
Paul Chevedden
Bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel.
Renata Adler
Goodbye cruel world.
Gloria Shayne
It's real difficult. You know how cruel little kids can be.
Jose Vasquez
It was just cruel. It's been very devastating. We never will have closure. We want justice for her.
Rosalie Yanez
It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late.
W. Somerset Maugham
The army has no right to use civilians as human shields. . . . It is cruel and barbaric.
Aharon Barak
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.
George Santayana
Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.
Edward Abbey
Cruel and Gentle Things.
Charlie Sexton
The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it.
Axel Munthe
Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.
Mark Twain
One of the ill effects of cruelty is that it makes the bystanders cruel.
Thomas Fowell Buxton
The story is very cruel and very sharp.
Isabelle Huppert
People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life - to learn something is a joy to me.
August Strindberg
I don't think I'd ever be cruel to an animal.
David Duchovny
The capacity for passion is both cruel and divine.
George Sand
That was pretty cruel. I don't know why anyone would want to do that.
Nancy Laroche
Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
Leo F. Buscaglia
I'm so disappointed. I have worked so hard for it and not to be in the action is cruel.
Paul Tergat
It's a cruel situation, really.
Fred Sanders
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