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

We consider that anything which we thus concede to the desire of your Mildness will be to us the most precious of all gains.

From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas

The seventh is Mildness, which moderates our anger and our excessive or undue patience against our external misfortunes.

From The Banquet (Il Convito) by Sayer, Elizabeth Price

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

But, unhappy, won no honour, Mildness brought me only sorrow, Had I tossed away the torrents, Or the rocks in twain had cloven.

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)