Harsh words are wasted breath, for smoother tongues
Win hearts more easily and ease the hurt
Exhaled from rougher, more aggressive lungs
Whose phrases are too violently curt.
It does not boot to rail and curse at those
Whom kinder usage might convince to good;
The instinct in us all is to oppose
Anger and meanness. Therefore, if you would
Be wise, be soft and mellow wrath with thought
Taking the edge off that which might offend.
Sulky compliance is but dearly bought
And cannot be maintained - but in a friend
Agreement comes so easily it fills
The heart, and with it the opposing wills.
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