Severity

Famous quotes containing the word severity:

“In compassionate men, severity is a virtue.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.”
—Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616)

“No severity of punishment deters when detection is uncertain, as it always must be.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)