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title: "16 Cruel Kind Quotes by 13 authors"
description: "Browse 16 Cruel Kind quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Cruel Kind sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colette-mcbeth/sometimes-you-have-to-be-cruel-to-be-kind/)

[Colette McBeth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colette-mcbeth/)

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> [I must be cruel, only to be kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-must-be-cruel-only-to-be-kind/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Cruel to be kind means that I love you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/cruel-to-be-kind-means-that-i-love-you/)

[Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/)

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> [“You gotta be cruel to be kind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/you-gotta-be-cruel-to-be-kind/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Parties are a cruel kind of fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryl-churchill/parties-are-a-cruel-kind-of-fun/)

[Caryl Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryl-churchill/)

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> [Pervading all nature we may see at work a stern discipline , which is a little cruel that it may be very kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/pervading-all-nature-we-may-see-at-work-a-stern-discipline-which-is-a/)

[Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/)

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> [I must be cruel only to be kind; Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-must-be-cruel-only-to-be-kind-thus-bad-begins-and-worse-remains/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [A stern discipline pervades all nature, which is a little cruel that it may be very kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/a-stern-discipline-pervades-all-nature-which-is-a-little-cruel-that/)

[Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/)

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> [As Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, had said in Shakespeare's immortal words, 'I must be cruel only to be kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pranab-mukherjee/as-hamlet-the-prince-of-denmark-had-said-in-shakespeare-s-immortal/)

[Pranab Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pranab-mukherjee/)

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> [It is very easy for us to go, you know, "I am being cruel to be kind," when really we are just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/it-is-very-easy-for-us-to-go-you-know-i-am-being-cruel-to-be-kind/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans to learn. We cannot admit that things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/nature-is-not-cruel-pitilessly-indifferent-this-is-one-of-the-hardest/)

[Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/)

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> [“Sweet mother Mary, boy, think about what you’re doing! Be cruel or be kind, but don’t be both, because now you’ve made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-vernon/sweet-mother-mary-boy-think-about-what-you-re-doing-be-cruel-or-be/)

[Ursula Vernon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-vernon/)

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> [We all live in such a cruel and kind world. With cheering ups and living downs. We're all suckers living in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldhouse/we-all-live-in-such-a-cruel-and-kind-world-with-cheering-ups-and/)

[Goldhouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goldhouse/)

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> [Nature is not cruel, only pitilessly indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans to learn. We cannot admit that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/nature-is-not-cruel-only-pitilessly-indifferent-this-is-one-of-the/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [“You’re one cruel bastard,” she managed to get out. He tsked with his tongue. “Everyone says that.” Then he took hold of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/you-re-one-cruel-bastard-she-managed-to-get-out-he-tsked-with-his/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

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> [It seems to me that we can’t explain all the truly awful things in the world like war and murder and brain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/it-seems-to-me-that-we-can-t-explain-all-the-truly-awful-things-in/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

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