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harshness quotes

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“Let the boys learn that leniency comes from their toon leaders, and harshness from their commander—it will bind them better in the small, tight knots of this fabric.” Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
“Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, had always been the systematic organization of hatreds, and Massachusetts politics had been as harsh as the climate.” Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
“Scotland . . . is too cold, a country for locusts, and too poor a country for thieves.” Walter Scott, Quentin Durward
“Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment.” Ian Fleming, Casino Royale

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The Education of Henry Adams (1)
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