mildness

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Mildness is nice, but, in times of stress and danger, there is an undeniable need for strength, toughness and timely action.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022

Mildness which has never been put to the proof, is often only counterfeit.

From The Autobiography of Madame Guyon by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte

Rule 45, for "moderation et douceur" has "Sweetness and Mildness," Hawkins only "sweetness."

From George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway by Conway, Moncure Daniel

Not judging those Persons, who out of a Scrupulousness of Conscience thought otherwise, but wishing that those in Authority would use their Power with more Mildness.

From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius

She has an Air of Mildness, Goodness and Prudence diffused over all her Features; and her Wit is of the same Stamp as her Beauty, amiable without Parade and Ostentation.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von