“To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.”
Peter Ustinov (1921–2004) English actor, writer, and dramatist
As quoted in Who Said That? (1984) by Renie Gee.
“There is also a reasonable tolerance: reason tolerates the reasonable. It is, however, almost tautological to call this 'tolerance' any longer, as it becomes a matter of course.”
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