#kindness

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

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It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

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As a result of half a century of Soviet rule people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness. ↗

— Svetlana Alliluyeva

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The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey. ↗

— Sarah Fielding

#balm #drooping #healing #heart #honey

The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness. ↗

— Oscar de la Renta

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You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart. ↗

— David Rockefeller

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Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness. ↗

— Mencius

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There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

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Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up. ↗

— P. D. James

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