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Kind Quotes - Page 144

Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.

Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 336-37, De Beneficiis, II. 25, 1922.

I never really thought about getting married - it just kind of happened. It seemed natural, the right thing to do. It was kind of a celebration of the time.

"Scarlett Johansson's in Love! (but not with this guy)". Interview with Amy Larocca, www.glamour.com. September 28, 2009.

Genius of the highest kind implies an unusual intensity of the modifying power.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Greenough Thayer Shedd (1854). “The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an Introductory Essay Upon His Philosophical and Theological Opinions”, p.446

The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.

Samuel Smiles (1871). “Self-help: With Illustrations of Characters, Conduct, and Perseverance”, p.6

Gentle to others, to himself severe.

Samuel Rogers (1827). “Poems ... A new edition”, p.258

The public pleasures of far the greater part of mankind are counterfeit.

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins (1787). “The Idler”, p.68

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1857). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius”, p.148

Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.

Samuel Johnson (1810). “The works of the English poets, from Chaucer to Cowper”, p.320

I don't get easily bored. I'm not that kind of person.

"Transforming Sade talks new 'Lifetime' tour". Q&A with David Lindquist, www.azcentral.com. July 22, 2011.