suaviter

If you find that you have a hastiness in your temper, which unguardedly breaks out into indiscreet sallies, or rough expressions, to either your superiors, your equals, or your inferiors, watch it narrowly, check it carefully, and call the suaviter in modo to your assistance: at the first impulse of passion, be silent till you can be soft.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

Unlike Mrs Thatcher, whose words were often less cautious than her deeds, he believed in suaviter in modo, fortiter in re.

Is David Cameron tough enough to be a Tory revolutionary? 2009

Unlike Mrs Thatcher, whose words were often less cautious than her deeds, he believed in suaviter in modo, fortiter in re.

Is David Cameron tough enough to be a Tory revolutionary? 2009

Separabis terram ab igne, subtile ab spisso, suaviter, magno cum ingenio.

cytokinesis Diary Entry cytokinesis 2008

The passage eloquently describes the process: "Cumque volumus ut fascietur, nutrix eius membra suaviter tangere debet et quod dilatandum fuerit dilatare, et quod subtiliandum subtiliare, et omne membrum secundum convenientiorem figuram figurare, et hoc totum subtilit compressione cum extremitatibus digitorum, quod quidem multis faciendum erit vicibus." back

A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005

[3778] Pyrrhus would first conquer Africa, and then Asia, et tum suaviter agere, and then live merrily and take his ease: but when Cyneas the orator told him he might do that already, id jam posse fieri, rested satisfied, condemning his own folly.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Gratia et pulchritudo ita suaviter animos demulcent, ita vehementer alluciunt, et admirabiliter connectuntur, ut in inum confundant et distingui non possunt et sunt tanquam radii et splendores divini solis in rebus variis vario modo fulgentes.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Molliter ac suaviter aeger tractetur, nec ad ea adigatur quae non curat.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

On the other hand, the cunning, crafty man thinks to gain all his ends by the suaviter in modo only; HE BECOMES ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN; he seems to have no opinion of his own, and servilely adopts the present opinion of the present person; he insinuates himself only into the esteem of fools, but is soon detected, and surely despised by everybody else.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

The suaviter in modo alone would degenerate and sink into a mean, timid complaisance and passiveness, if not supported and dignified by the fortiter in re, which would also run into impetuosity and brutality, if not tempered and softened by the suaviter in modo: however, they are seldom united.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005