“ It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character, which easily changes into asperity. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ Oh Sleep! it is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole, to Mary Queen the praise be given! She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven, that slid into my soul. ”
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge- Copy
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“ Only people who possess firmness can possess true gentleness. In those who appear gentle, it is usually only weakness that is readily converted into harshness. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known. For a man by nothing is so ill betrayed, as by his manners. ”
- Edmund Spenser- Copy
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“ Nothing is so strong as gentleness; nothing so gentle as real strength. ”
- St. Francis De Sales- Copy
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“ You will say that these are very small sins; and doubtless, like all young tempters, you are anxious to be able to report spectacular wickedness. But do remember, the only thing that matters is the extent to which you separate the man from the Enemy. It does not matter how small the sins are provided that their cumulative effect is to edge the man away from the Light and out into the Nothing… ”
- C. S. Lewis- Copy
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“ Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil. ”
- Vachel Lindsay- Copy
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“ When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. ”
- Saint Francis de Sales- Copy
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“ The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks. ”
- Thomas Bailey- Copy
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“ It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of others. ”
- Francois Fenelon- Copy
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“ Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone. ”
- Proverbs- Copy
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“ Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. ”
- Leo F. Buscaglia- Copy
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“ The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
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“ Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable. ”
- Martin Luther- Copy
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“ His life was gentle; and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN! ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. ”
- Dylan Thomas- Copy
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“ I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. ”
- Curt Rosten- Copy
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“ But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things, there is no law. ”
- The Apostle Paul- Copy
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“ It's easy to laugh it's easy to hate. It takes guts to be gentle and kind. ”
- Morrissey- Copy
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“ The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest of human creature that walks. ”
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich- Copy
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“ When someone is giving you their theology, their God words, you should listen hard and be very gentle. The time to deliver your God words is when you are asked. ”
- Real Live Preacher- Copy
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“ When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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