Cruel to be kind means that I love you.

I must be cruel only to be kind; Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.

— William Shakespeare

As Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, had said in Shakespeare's immortal words, 'I must be cruel only to be kind.

— Pranab Mukherjee

“You’re one cruel bastard,” she managed to get out. He tsked with his tongue. “Everyone says that.” Then he took hold of her chin…

— Dianna Hardy

A stern discipline pervades all nature, which is a little cruel that it may be very kind.

— Herbert Spencer

“Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.”

— Colette McBeth

Nature is not cruel, only pitilessly indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans to learn. We cannot admit that things might…

— Richard Dawkins

Pervading all nature we may see at work a stern discipline , which is a little cruel that it may be very kind.

— Herbert Spencer

“Think what you like about yourself, but we will continue seeing you as you are - a noble man." "Noble -" "Not that kind…

— Steven Erikson

“Being a one of a kind means we are automatically the best in the world at what we do.”

— Victor Williamson

“We have an assumption here in America that the kind thing to do is to be “friendly,” which means being extroverted, even intrusive. The…

— Laurie Helgoe

We all live in such a cruel and kind world. With cheering ups and living downs. We're all suckers living in a false hope.…

— Goldhouse

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans to learn. We cannot admit that things might be…

— Horace

Parties are a cruel kind of fun.

— Caryl Churchill

I must be cruel, only to be kind.

— William Shakespeare

It is very easy for us to go, you know, "I am being cruel to be kind," when really we are just ... being…

— George Saunders