Severity

Famous quotes containing the word severity:

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

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

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