Crossword puzzle clue "less than less"

Hamlet's "A little more than kin, and less than kind," e.g.

More than fair, less than great

Whence the line "A little more than kin, and less than kind"

More than never and less than twice

More than none but less than all

Less than less

Antlered animal that's smaller than a moose, bigger than a deer

"Nothing is easier than to denounce the ___; nothing is more difficult than to understand him": Dostoyevsky