milder

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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor. Thomas Jefferson

He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling. Johann Kaspar Lavater

One of the principal functions of a friend is to suffer (in a milder and symbolic form) the punishments that we should like, but are unable, to inflict upon our enemies. Aldous Huxley

Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder. Babe Ruth

Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable. Martin Luther

I am becoming more radical with age. I have noticed that writers, when they are old, become milder. But for me it is the opposite. Age makes me more angry. Nawal El Saadawi