“It was not polite for a Temujai general to allow his emotions to show.”
John Flanagan (1873–1938) Irish-American hammer thrower
Source: The Battle for Skandia
“It was his general plan to repress emotion by not showing the sympathy he felt.”
— Elizabeth Gaskell, book Wives and Daughters
Wives and Daughters, ch. 11
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