Severity Quotes

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The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight. — Joseph Addison
When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive. — Miguel de Cervantes
I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of logic, and who will… — Louis Aragon
Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality. — Henry David Thoreau
If, on a rare occasion, it is necessary to speak with some severity in order to make a grievous crime felt, we should always, at… — Alphonsus Liguori
Summer has set in with its usual severity. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Summer, as my friend Coleridge waggishly writes, has set in with its usual severity. — Charles Lamb
Never lose your self-respect, nor be too familiar with yourself when you are alone. Let your integrity itself be your own standard of rectitude, and… — Baltasar Gracian
Act in such a way that your humility may not be weakness, nor your authority be severity. Justice must be accompanied by humility, that humility… — Pope Gregory I
A great deal may be done by severity, more by love, but most by clear discernment and impartial justice. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The economic repercussions of a stock market crash depend less on the severity of the crash itself than on the response of economic policymakers, particularly… — Ben Bernanke
Punishments of unreasonable severity, especially where indiscriminately afflicted, have less effect in preventing crimes, and amending the manners of a people, than such as are… — William Blackstone
When training young horses "There are many types of bits for many different disciplines, but the severity of ALL bits lies in the hands holding… — Monty Roberts
A rational process is a moral process. You may make an error at any step of it, with nothing to protect you but your own… — Ayn Rand
Every time I get injured I measure it's severity by asking myself 'Would this stop me from going to Disneyland?' — Chris Colfer
True it is that she who escapeth safe and unpolluted from out the school of freedom, giveth more confidence of herself than she who comet… — Michel de Montaigne
Public emergencies may require the hand of severity to fall heavily on those who are not personally guilty, but compassion prompts, and ever urges to… — Mercy Otis Warren
In slave times the Negro was kept subservient and submissive by the frequency and severity of the scourging, but, with freedom, a new system of… — Ida B. Wells
I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable... — Louis Aragon
An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the… — George Catlin

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