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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,… — 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… — 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… — Baltasar Gracian
- Act in such a way that your humility may not be weakness, nor your authority be severity. Justice must be accompanied by… — 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… — Ben Bernanke
- Punishments of unreasonable severity, especially where indiscriminately afflicted, have less effect in preventing crimes, and amending the manners of a people, than… — William Blackstone