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Both man and womankind belie their nature When they are not kind.

Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.

Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears, 'Till in Heaven the deed appears-- Pass it on.

I would help others out of a fellow-feeling.

It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech.

Their cause I plead--plead it in heart and mind; A fellow-feeling makes one wondrous kind.

And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.

Though he was rough, he was kindly.

The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee.

There's no dearth of kindness In the world of ours; Only in our blindness We gather thorns for flowers.

He carried and nourished in his breast a snake, tender-hearted against his own interest.

The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.

Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness.

A little more than kin, and less than kind!

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?'

Yet do I fear thy nature. It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way.

If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled.

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

On that best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.

Choose being kind over being right, and you'll be right every time.