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- There are few mortals so insensible that their affections cannot he gained by mildness, their confidence by sincerity, their hatred by scorn… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
- Magnanimity consists in enduring tactlessness with mildness. — Democritus
- The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only… — Robert E. Lee
- We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were not as… — Henry Knox
- The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the… — Baron de Montesquieu
- Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition. — Baron de Montesquieu
- A victorious general must know how to employ severity, justness, and mildness by turns, if he would allay sedition or prevent it. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- Maybe it’s animalness that will make the world right again: the wisdom of elephants, the enthusiasm of canines, the grace of snakes,… — Carol Emshwiller
- But even so, amid the tornadoed Atlantic of my being, do I myself still for ever centrally disport in mute calm; and… — Herman Melville
- You lie, in faith; for you are call'd plain Kate, And bonny Kate and sometimes Kate the curst; But Kate, the prettiest… — William Shakespeare
- Many appear full of mildness and sweetness as long as everything goes their own way; but the moment any contradiction or adversity… — Bernard of Clairvaux
- In order to avoid contention, never contradict anyone, except in case of sin or some danger to a neighbor; and when necessary… — Louis IX of France