Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment. (Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield)

Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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