Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Saint Teresa Of Avila
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Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; to severe, seldom executed.
Benjamin Franklin
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
Benjamin Franklin
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
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
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
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
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