"Let gentleness my strong enforcement be...." - Quote by William Shakespeare
Let gentleness my strong enforcement be.
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More on Gentleness
“Those that do teach young babesDo it with gentle means and easy tasks.”
“If the basic human nature was aggressive, we would have been born with animal claws & huge teeth -- but ours are very short, very pretty, very weak! That means we are not well equipped to be aggressive beings. Even the size of our mouth is very small. So I think the basic nature of human beings should be gentle.”
“Tread Lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow.”
More on Strength
“What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?”
“I have no way and therefore want no eyes I stumbled when I saw. Full oft 'tis seen our means secure us, and our mere defects prove our commodities.”
“I have enough of life in me to make somebody jealous enough to want to knock me down. I have so much courage in me that I have the effrontery, the incredible gall to stand up. That's it. That's how you get to know who you are.”