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If you hit a pony over the nose at the outset of your acquaintance, he may not love you, but he will take a deep interest in your movements ever afterwards.

Rudyard Kipling

Excessive severity misses its own aim.

Publilius Syrus

Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.

Sa'di

Nothing comes of severity if there be no leanings towards a change of heart. And if there be natural leanings towards a change of heart, what need for severity?

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I must be cruel, only to be kind.

William Shakespeare

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Relationship Quote

A man keeps another's secret better than he does his own. A woman, on the other hand, keeps her own better than another's.

- Jean de La Bruyere

Sad Quote

There are times when sorrow seems the only truth.

- Oscar Wilde

Understanding Quote

To understand is hard. Once one understands, action is easy.

- Sun Yat-sen

Dreams Quote

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

- Marilyn Monroe

Life Quote

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends.

- John Lennon

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