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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life
But needs it and may learn.
Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life
But needs it and may learn.
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as long as it is nourished with kindness, empathy and understanding.
Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as long as it is nourished with kindness, empathy and understanding.
It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a
kind manner and gentle speech.
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It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a
kind manner and gentle speech.
[Lat., Sed tamen difficile dictu est, quantopere conciliat animos
hominum comitas affabilitasque sermonis.]
A friend is one to whom you can pour out the contents of your heart, chaff and grain alike. Knowing read more
A friend is one to whom you can pour out the contents of your heart, chaff and grain alike. Knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten read more
The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes.
On that best portion of a good man's life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and read more
On that best portion of a good man's life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and of love.
