Steven Wright
Comedian
"The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach."
Severity quotes
Severity
9 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint, Bishop
"Better make penitents by gentleness than hypocrites by severity."
Napoleon Bonaparte
Military Leader, Emperor
"If you wage war, do it energetically and with severity. This is the only way to make it shorter and consequently less inhuman."
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