No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

About Aesop

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Aesop ( EE-sop; Ancient Greek: Αἴσωπος, Aísōpos; c. 620 – 564 BCE; usually written Æsop in the 19th century and Esop before then) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by...

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The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.

What a splendid head, yet no brain.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

—Samuel Johnson

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Cruelty is easy, and it breeds only misery. Kindness is harder, and you have to be brave to give it. To be cruel, you can stay closed off from everyone, wear a mask, but to be kind, in essence, to show love, you have to make yourself vulnerable, show your true self to someone and open yourself up to rejection.

—L.H. Cosway in The Nature of Cruelty

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Her sense of humor had drawn him in first. Then her sweetness. She had a kind heart, loved children, and felt music in her soul like he did. They could talk for hours without running out of anything to say—something he hadn't found with most other women.

—Leia Shaw in Boy Meets Nerd

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The hardest-learned lesson: that people have only their kind of love to give, not our kind.

—Mignon McLaughlin

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Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh, be swift to love, make haste to be kind!

—Henri Frederic Amiel

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