Softened Quotes

68 quotes by 63 authors

When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive. — Miguel de Cervantes
Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful… — James Allen
The liberals have not softened their view of actuality to make themselves live closer to the dream, but instead sharpen their perceptions and fight to… — Margaret Mead
I like the poem on the page and not at the podium. I like to address the poem in peace and quiet, not on the… — Ted Kooser
I actually had a cockney accent before I went to drama school. It's softened up a bit. — Gemma Arterton
HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with his best wishes,… — Ambrose Bierce
Out of the silver heat mirage he ran. The sky burned, and under him the paving was a black mirror reflecting sun-fire. Sweat sprayed his… — James Tabor
One by one I have seen obstacles removed, errors corrected, prejudices softened, proscriptions relinquished, and my people advancing in all the elements that go to… — Frederick Douglass
There's nothing worse than the one that got away. It haunts you for weeks like a bad dream, eats away at your psyche like a… — Bruce Littlefield
Cancer softened me up. I like the old me better. I liked being angry. It made me feel strong. — Johnny Ramone
How you feel like a unit, you feel like a team together. There's something about being married that just unites that and just bonds you.… — Kim Kardashian
Orthodoxy is idolatry if it means holding the 'correct opinions about God' - 'fundamentalism' is the most extreme and salient example of such idolatry -… — John D. Caputo
The Holy Night We sate among the stalls at Bethlehem; The dumb kine from their fodder turning them, Softened their horned faces To almost human… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another,… — Plato
Justice has its anger, my lord Bishop, and the wrath of justice is an element of progress. Whatever else may be said of it, the… — Victor Hugo
Oh, my fellow men, do not defile your bodies with sinful foods. We have corn, we have apples bending down the branches with their weight,… — Pythagoras
The human mind is never better disposed to gratitude and attachment than when softened by fear. — Charles James
Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity. — Mason Cooley
Oh, the illusion of choice in the modern world - don't get me started. But don't you agree that the Internet has softened our brains… — Lynne Truss
Vulgarity finds its antidote; old crudities become softened with time. Distinctions, both those that are useful and those that are burdensome, flourish and die, reflourish… — Robert Burchfield

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