Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but let…

Lord Chesterfield
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Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but let them feel at the same time the steadiness of your just resentment for there is a great difference between bearing malice, which is always ungenerous, and a resolute self-defense which is ever prudent and justifiable. ✨ The Modern Chesterfield.
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