Have you the heart? When your head did but ache,
I knit my handkercher about your brows--
The best I had, a princess wrought it me--
And I did never ask it you again;
And with my hand at midnight held your head,
And like the watchful minutes to the hour,
Still and anon cheered up the heavy time,
Saying, 'What lack you?' and 'Where lies your grief?'
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Both man and womankind belie their nature
When they are not kind.
Both man and womankind belie their nature
When they are not kind.
If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled.
[Lat., Bis gratum est, quod dato opus read more
If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled.
[Lat., Bis gratum est, quod dato opus est, ultro si offeras.]
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am read more
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember read more
Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.
The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee.
The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee.
One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, read more
Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death." But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
