Severity: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
La violence est juste où la douceur est vaine. Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.— CORNEILLE — Héraclius. 1. 1.
Zu strenge Ford'rung ist verborgner Stolz. Too rigid scruples are concealed pride.— GOETHE — Iphigenia auf Tauris. IV.