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Saturday, July 6, 2019

cruel to be kind

The sentiment—harsh medicine may effect the best cure—is ancient, but Hamlet apparently coins "cruel to be kind," a very common phrase nowadays.

https://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/cruel-kind

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