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Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an ignorant unkindness.

George Eliot
Kindness, Ignorant, Would Be
George Eliot (2006). “Daniel Deronda Volume Iii EasyRead Editi”, p.138, ReadHowYouWant.com
Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an ignorant unkindness.