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Kindness as quiet strength

These gentleness quotes explore meekness as a quiet strength, arguing that Decency and kindness often speak louder than raw power.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Legitimate
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Nov 07, 2020

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Quotes by Pierre Corneille

Nov 07, 2020

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.

Quotes by Pierre Corneille

Cruelty
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Nov 07, 2020

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

Quotes by Phaedrus

Goodness
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Nov 07, 2020

Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength.

Quotes by Meir Kahane

Nov 07, 2020

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

Left
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Nov 07, 2020

The Saviour reigned in all their hearts, and they successfully copied the pattern of meekness and gentleness, which he had left them.

Quotes by John Strachan

Our
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Nov 07, 2020

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.

Quotes by Hugh Blair

Nov 07, 2020

But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.

Quotes by Donald G. Mitchell

From self-sacrifice to correcting harsh manners, these lines frame gentleness as an Antidote to cruelty rather than its weaker opposite.

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