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Famous quotes containing the words mild and/or severe:

    “Betray, kind husband, Thy spouse to our sights,
    And let mine amorous soul court Thy mild Dove,
    Who is most true and pleasing to Thee then
    When she is embraced and open to most men.”
    —John Donne (1572–1631)

    “A good short story is a work of art which daunts us in proportion to its brevity.... No inspiration is too noble for it; no amount of hard work is too severe for it.”
    —Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)