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To revive sorrow is cruel.

Sophocles

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

This is more cruel than the hurricane was.

Tom Scott

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

Cowards are cruel, but the brave Love mercy, and delight to save.

John Gay

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

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.

Ouida

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

Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.

Moliere

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