#gentle

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#effect #gentleness #severity #where

An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing a meeting; and if he should chance to become warm in the discussion, he will say "Gentlemen" to the person with whom he is conversing. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#american #become #cannot #chance #converse

He is every other inch a gentleman. ↗

— Rebecca West

#gentleman #inch #other

I sat through Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones like three times at the Skyway when it came out. ↗

— Paul Westerberg

#gentlemen #i #ladies #like #out

It's no secret that I didn't love 'An Officer And A Gentleman' then, and I certainly don't love it now, so at least no one could accuse me of being inconsistent. ↗

— Debra Winger

#being #certainly #could #gentleman #i

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#accomplish #gentle #good-natured #kind #look

A gentleman is never rude except on purpose - I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#except #gentleman #honestly #i #i can

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle and deep. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#gentle #how #knows #like #once

I'm not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor. ↗

— Anjelica Huston

#gentle #humor #i #like #really

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

#gentle #stern #yourself