Kind Quotes - Page 144
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.
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
Samuel Smiles (1883). “Duty”
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
Samuel Johnson (1810). “The works of the English poets, from Chaucer to Cowper”, p.320