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title: "71 Cruelest Quotes by 54 authors"
description: "Browse 71 Cruelest quotes by 54 authors. Discover the best Cruelest sayings and thoughts."
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> [Man is the cruelest animal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/man-is-the-cruelest-animal/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [“Time is the cruelest force of all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cixin-liu/time-is-the-cruelest-force-of-all/)

[Cixin Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cixin-liu/)

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> [“February is the cruelest month in western Oregon.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-nedry/february-is-the-cruelest-month-in-western-oregon/)

Judy Nedry

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> [“Love is the cruelest myth of all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-hall/love-is-the-cruelest-myth-of-all/)

[Marie Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-hall/)

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> [“Shame is the cruelest weapon”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-s-wrights/shame-is-the-cruelest-weapon/)

[D.S. Wrights](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-s-wrights/)

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> [The cruelest prison of all is the prison of the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piri-thomas/the-cruelest-prison-of-all-is-the-prison-of-the-mind/)

[Piri Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piri-thomas/)

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> [People can be cruelest to those they love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-rossi/people-can-be-cruelest-to-those-they-love/)

[Veronica Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-rossi/)

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> [“April is the cruelest month.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot-2/april-is-the-cruelest-month/)

[T.S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot-2/)

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> [“That can be the cruelest part of happiness--its tendency to disguise itself as boredom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-helene-bertino/that-can-be-the-cruelest-part-of-happiness-its-tendency-to-disguise/)

[Marie-Helene Bertino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-helene-bertino/)

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> [“Dauntless is the cruelest of the five They tear each other to pieces. . . .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/dauntless-is-the-cruelest-of-the-five-they-tear-each-other-to-pieces-2/)

[Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/)

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> [Oh my dear, idealists are the cruelest monsters of them all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/oh-my-dear-idealists-are-the-cruelest-monsters-of-them-all/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

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> [One of the cruelest things you can do is play with someones heart as if it's worthless...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/one-of-the-cruelest-things-you-can-do-is-play-with-someones-heart-as/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Of all the well-meant emotions pity is the cruelest to share.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-slonczewski/of-all-the-well-meant-emotions-pity-is-the-cruelest-to-share/)

[Joan Slonczewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-slonczewski/)

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> [“Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/tricking-someone-into-grief-is-one-of-the-cruelest-tricks-a-person-2/)

[Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/)

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> [In that moment I understood that the cruelest words in the universe are if only.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-see/in-that-moment-i-understood-that-the-cruelest-words-in-the-universe/)

[Lisa See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-see/)

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> [The cruelest thing you can do to a person is pretend they mean more to you than they actually do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-cruelest-thing-you-can-do-to-a-person-is-pretend-they-mean-more/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“I like to hurt people too. I can make the cruelest choice. The difference is, sometimes I don't, and you always do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/i-like-to-hurt-people-too-i-can-make-the-cruelest-choice-the/)

[Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/)

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> [“Isolation is the cruelest of punishments, and it had never occurred to me that I was something less than human because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-cornwell/isolation-is-the-cruelest-of-punishments-and-it-had-never-occurred-to/)

[Patricia Cornwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-cornwell/)

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> [Lying about anything is the cruelest thing in the world you could ever do. Be who you are. Don't try to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/summer-glau/lying-about-anything-is-the-cruelest-thing-in-the-world-you-could/)

[Summer Glau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/summer-glau/)

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> [Failing to differentiate among employees — and holding on to bottom-tier performers — is actually the cruelest form of management there is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-welch/failing-to-differentiate-among-employees-and-holding-on-to-bottom/)

[Jack Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-welch/)

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> [“Sometimes family was the cruelest form of love there was, for no one could hurt you more than the people who created…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-c-stephens/sometimes-family-was-the-cruelest-form-of-love-there-was-for-no-one-2/)

[S.C. Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-c-stephens/)

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> [“I'm a sadist at heart, and I have learned that one of the cruelest things you can do to someone is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-masters/i-m-a-sadist-at-heart-and-i-have-learned-that-one-of-the-cruelest/)

Peter Masters

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> [The cruelest thing that has happened to Lincoln since he was shot by Booth was to fall into the hands of Carl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-wilson/the-cruelest-thing-that-has-happened-to-lincoln-since-he-was-shot-by/)

[Edmund Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-wilson/)

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> [The cruelest thing a guy can do to a girl is to let her fall when he doesnt have an intention of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-cruelest-thing-a-guy-can-do-to-a-girl-is-to-let-her-fall-when-he/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“You might be the cruelest person I’ve ever met,” he said in a conversational tone. “What?” I gasped. “My first wife killed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeaniene-frost/you-might-be-the-cruelest-person-i-ve-ever-met-he-said-in-a/)

[Jeaniene Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeaniene-frost/)

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> [There are those of us who believe that under certain conditions the cruelest thing you can do to people you love is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-quindlen/there-are-those-of-us-who-believe-that-under-certain-conditions-the/)

[Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-quindlen/)

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> [“If I catch you, I might do anything. I might strip the skin from your bones as I drain you dry. Or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nenia-campbell/if-i-catch-you-i-might-do-anything-i-might-strip-the-skin-from-your/)

[Nenia Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nenia-campbell/)

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> [The cruelest affront is treating the person as exactly the person he is. We all long to be understood, but not for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/the-cruelest-affront-is-treating-the-person-as-exactly-the-person-he/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

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> [The great thing about baseball is the causality is easy to determine and it always falls on the shoulders of one person.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/the-great-thing-about-baseball-is-the-causality-is-easy-to-determine/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

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> [“She always made sure the bad was outweighed by so much good. I...well, I didn't do that for her. I made it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-jenkins-reid/she-always-made-sure-the-bad-was-outweighed-by-so-much-good-i-well-i/)

[Taylor Jenkins Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-jenkins-reid/)

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> [That cruelest of tyrants - public opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/that-cruelest-of-tyrants-public-opinion/)

[H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/)

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> [The cruelest dream, reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/offspring/the-cruelest-dream-reality/)

Offspring

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/offspring-21148_cruelest_the-cruelest-dream-reality-3000017_3000017.jpg)

> [“The weakest are always the cruelest, in the end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-derr/the-weakest-are-always-the-cruelest-in-the-end/)

[Megan Derr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-derr/)

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> [“If he peered into her liquid brown eyes, he might’ve found the cruelest corners of the world there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-godwin/if-he-peered-into-her-liquid-brown-eyes-he-might-ve-found-the/)

[Pam Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-godwin/)

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> [“Sometimes our cruelest acts come not from meaning to do wrong but from not trying hard enough not to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/sometimes-our-cruelest-acts-come-not-from-meaning-to-do-wrong-but/)

[Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/)

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> [Do you know? the cruelest thing to touch someone heart is by hurting him](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/do-you-know-the-cruelest-thing-to-touch-someone-heart-is-by-hurting/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Unrequited is the cruelest kind of love, it ruins it's victims.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/unrequited-is-the-cruelest-kind-of-love-it-ruins-it-s-victims/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as perfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-cruelest-thing-a-man-can-do-to-a-woman-is-to-portray-her-as/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [... he knew that the cruelest of blows too often came with a smile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/he-knew-that-the-cruelest-of-blows-too-often-came-with-a-smile/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

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> [“The cruelest aspect of love...is its inviolable integrity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/the-cruelest-aspect-of-love-is-its-inviolable-integrity/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

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