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François de La Rochefoucauld: It is only people who possess firmness who can possess true gentleness. In…

It is only people who possess firmness who can possess true gentleness. In those who appear gentle, it is generally only weakness, which is readily converted into harshness.

In today’s wordsOnly people with firmness can have true gentleness. In those who seem gentle, it's usually just weakness, which easily turns to harshness.

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From the book Reflections ; or, Sentences and, as quoted in A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (compiled by Anna L. Ward, 1889)

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