All 4 Uses of
lenient
in
Don Quixote
- "All that is true, Senor Don Quixote," said Carrasco; "but I wish such fault-finders were more lenient and less exacting, and did not pay so much attention to the spots on the bright sun of the work they grumble at; for if aliquando bonus dormitat Homerus, they should remember how long he remained awake to shed the light of his work with as little shade as possible; and perhaps it may be that what they find fault with may be moles, that sometimes heighten the beauty of the face that…†
Chpt 2.3-4
- Bear in mind that the culprit who comes under thy jurisdiction is but a miserable man subject to all the propensities of our depraved nature, and so far as may be in thy power show thyself lenient and forbearing; for though the attributes of God are all equal, to our eyes that of mercy is brighter and loftier than that of justice.†
Chpt 2.41-42
- Be not always strict, nor yet always lenient, but observe a mean between these two extremes, for in that is the aim of wisdom.†
Chpt 2.51-52 *
- In short it was with just cause that we were visited with the penalty of banishment, a mild and lenient one in the eyes of some, but to us the most terrible that could be inflicted upon us.†
Chpt 2.53-54
Definition:
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(lenient) less strict or more tolerant than might be expected