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I am yet too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons. I believe that to have interfered as I have done...in behalf… — John Brown
I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse this mercifulness. — Niccolo Machiavelli
A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and confident; for, with a very… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother… — Alexander the Great
Man is the only animal that is cruel. It kills just for the sake of it. — Mark Twain
There is a strange and mighty race of people called the Americans who are rapidly becoming the coldest in the world because of this cruel,… — Edward Dahlberg
When I cannot understand my Father's leading, And it seems to be but hard and cruel fate, Still I hear that gentle whisper ever pleading,… — A B Simpson
Life is cruel and unfair, my friends, and that is fact. — Stephan Jenkins
The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom charitable souls keep their distance,… — Albert Camus
Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man. — W. Somerset Maugham
Nature played a cruel trick on her by giving her a waxed mustache. — Alan Bennett
Opinions which justify cruelty are inspired by cruel impulses. — Bertrand Russell
Many a sober Christian would rather admit that a wafer is God than that God is a cruel and capricious tyrant. — Edward Gibbon
To live is to hurt others, and through others, to hurt oneself. Cruel earth! How can we manage not to touch anything? To find what… — Albert Camus
Whenever people say, 'We mustn't be sentimental,' you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, 'We must be… — Brigid Brophy
We are all making a crown for Jesus out of these daily lives of ours, either a crown of golden, divine love, studded with gems… — Aimee Semple McPherson
Money is not the root of all evil...ignorance is the root of all evil. People do cruel and foolish things for money because they feel… — Alan Cohen
War is cruel and you cannot refine it. — William Tecumseh Sherman
It's a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it's light out. — Bill Watterson
Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit.… — Albert Schweitzer
A newborn child has to cry, for only in this way will his lungs expand. A doctor once told me of a child who could… — Sadhu Sundar Singh
An honest private man often grows cruel and abandoned when converted into an absolute prince. Give a man power of doing what he pleases with… — Joseph Addison
When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the… — Frederic Bastiat
Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit.… — Albert Schweitzer
Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer. — Dorothy Rowe

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