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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

Saint Teresa Of Avila

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; to severe, seldom executed.

Benjamin Franklin

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Benjamin Franklin

Culture makes all men gentle.

Menander

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.

Eric Hoffer

Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.

St. John Of The Cross

He was almost too gentle for this world.

Zhang Huanzhi

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

Charles Lamb

He was a real gentle-natured person. He never brought any attention to himself, although his presence was real dominant.

Russell Hawkins

Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.

Helen Rowland

Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing, Beloved from pole to pole.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.

Vachel Lindsay

But you should never let that gentle personality fool you - he could have a temper at times.

Charlie Creamer

Gentle Debby gave us a gentle kiss.

Tony Johnson

He was a gentle giant, a big guy with a big heart.

Ann Murphy

A gentle word opens an iron gate.

Bulgarian Proverb

He was always a big kid growing up, but also very kind and gentle.

Jay Gallagher

Be gentle with the young.

Juvenal

He was a good friend and a sweet, gentle man.

Lauren Zimmerman

It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting.

Joseph Priestley

This kind, gentle, man, did I mention he's blond, is why we're here tonight. His reign is soon to end.

Scott Treadway

Cruel and Gentle Things.

Charlie Sexton

I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all.

Catherine The Great

This is a quiet, gentle man who did something extraordinary.

Barbara Holland

It's gentle cajoling rather than arm twisting.

George Connor

Thus, I steer my bark, and sail On even keel, with gentle gale.

Matthew Green

She loved our kids, ... kind, gentle person.

Andrea Yates

He was a really good kid. It's almost a cliche. He was a big, gentle guy who was a good student, who always tried to do the right thing.

Jay Gallagher

Only the Gentle are truly strong.

James Dean

Doc was an extraordinary person. He was a gentle man and a very nice person -- a very patient, constructive person.

Carl Wentworth

He was an Irish cop, but far from what you probably have pictured. He was too gentle for that.

Paddy Harrington

It's gentle humor. You don't have to worry about any swearing.

Kate Lowder

They recognize a false smile and a false greeting. Be gentle and be yourself.

Sonny Smith

Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy.

Homer

Stanley Kubrick the man turned out to be very gentle.

Matthew Modine

Upon my buried body lie / Lightly, gentle earth.

Francis Beaumont

Dyer welcomed me when I came to Baylor, ... He was very kind and gentle, but also a very private person.

Paul Larson

My dad was a gentle giant who would have done anything for anybody.

Thomas Pope

PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility.

Ambrose Bierce

It's the owner who makes a dog mean. But if you teach a dog to be gentle and calm, that's how it will be.

Ginny Degroff

One of the most gentle people I have ever known.

Nancy Grace

A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a hair.

Iranian Proverb

He acted like a gentle breeze, but his impact on us was definitely larger than life.

Randy Russell

War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.

Gilbert Parker

America has lost a great president and a great, kind and gentle man.

Jane Wyman

The animal is gentle and is showing no signs of aggression at the shelter.

Mark Grossman

Mrs. Schiavo died a calm, peaceful and gentle death.

George Felos

Be gentle and learn how to suffer. When one suffers patiently, one suffers less.

Anatole France

She's so kind and gentle with her students.

Ann Gavit

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

Oliver Herford

He was such a gentle soul. He was probably much more complex than people realized.

Dawn Wells