Gentleness Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Gentleness.
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“Gentle to others, to himself severe.”
“He is gentil that doth gentil dedis.”
“Let gentleness my strong enforcement be.”
“Plus fait douceur que violence.”
“Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re.”
“The mildest manners and the gentlest heart.”
“At caret insidiis hominum, quia mitis, hirundo.”
“La violence est juste où la douceur est vaine.”
“They are as gentle
As zephyrs blowing below the violet.”
“ternura, la palabra pequeña, familiar/que cabía en mi boca.”
“Those that do teach young babes
Do it with gentle means and easy tasks:”
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“What would you have? your gentleness shall force
More than your force move us to gentleness.”
“Peragit tranquilla potestas
Quod violenta nequit; mandataque fortius urget
Imperiosa quies.”
“Gentleness, as opposed to an irascible temper, greatly contributes to the tranquility and happiness of life, by preserving the mind from perturbation, and arming it against the assaults of calumny and malice.”