"Cruel" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... not be cruel, do not be ungrateful. This is what I had to say to you. And I must repeat that I leave you with the sadness ...
— The Red Lily, Complete • Anatole France
... "Thou wert the first to cast such words at me, and now thou makest as if thou wouldst amend it, but a cruel and hard heart ...
— The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) - With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda • Anonymous
... without a shudder. For example, when he came to the throne, he found in the palace a certain eunuch named Mithridates, who had been concerned in his father's murder. He condemned this man to be put to death in the most horrible and cruel way. He was laid on his back in a kind of horse-trough, and strongly fastened to the four corners of it. Then another trough was put over him, leaving only his head and hands and feet uncovered, for which ...
— The King's Cup-Bearer • Amy Catherine Walton
... army by picking out 1000 of his veteran warriors, who had gained his victories, and putting them to death. Any regiment sent out to battle, if they were defeated, were instantly destroyed on their return; it was, therefore, victory or death with them; and the death was most cruel, being that of impalement. Well was he ...
— The Mission; or Scenes in Africa • Captain Frederick Marryat
... luck," she said slowly, as if she could think of nothing else. "Everything has gone the wrong way with me. My whole life has been ruined by a cruel Fate." ...
— The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 (of 8) - Une Vie and Other Stories • Guy de Maupassant 1850-1893
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