#gentle

If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by the axe and not by the butcher's cleaver. ↗

— Lord Byron

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It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing. ↗

— Karel Capek

#being #buzzing #conscious #gentlemen #great

Only the gentle are ever really strong. ↗

— James Dean

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Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#consumption #gentleman #goods #leisure #means

Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path. ↗

— George Herbert

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A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread. ↗

— George Herbert

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There is great force hidden in a gentle command. ↗

— George Herbert

#force #gentle #great #hidden

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

— Oliver Herford

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Gentlemen, I find the law very explicit on murdering your fellow man, but there's nothing here about killing a Chinaman. Case dismissed. ↗

— Roy Bean

#case #dismissed #explicit #fellow #fellow man

My wife is one of the best wimin on this Continent, altho' she isn't always gentle as a lamb with mint sauce. ↗

— Charles Farrar Browne

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