Cruel

Famous quotes containing the word cruel:

“The long, laid minute’s bride drifts on
Old in her cruel bed.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

“Cannons and fire-arms are cruel and damnable machines; I believe them to have been the direct suggestion of the Devil. If Adam had seen in a vision the horrible instruments his children were to invent, he would have died of grief.”
—Martin Luther (1483–1546)

“A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.”
—Ouida [Marie Louise De La Ramée] (1839–1908)