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A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.
AesopAesop It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
AesopAesop If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.
AesopAesop Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten
AesopAesop Little by little does the trick.
AesopAesop There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.
AesopAesop The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.
AesopAesop It is possible to have too much of a good thing.
AesopAesop It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
AesopAesop Keep your place in life and your place will keep you.
AesopAesop It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
AesopAesop Persuasion is more effective than force.
AesopAesop Slow and steady wins the race.
AesopAesop Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
AesopAesop There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
AesopAesop There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans
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More on kindness
The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.
Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe We all have hearts. If you have a heart, love somebody. If you have enough heart, love everybody.
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder Both of them were very good and kind – the one who went to church and the one who didn’t. And no doubt from them I learned to like both Christians and sinners equally well.
Langston HughesLangston Hughes Women are so strange in their influence that they tempt you to misplaced kindness.
Thomas HardyThomas Hardy T’was a thief said the last kind word to Christ. Christ took the kindness and forgave the theft.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning Wrap yourself in kindness you deserve it too.
LoreleiLorelei Well, there’s not a day goes by when I don’t get up and say thank you to somebody.
Rod StewartRod Stewart Wouldn`t it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, and a little more loving, have a little more empathy, and maybe we’d like each other a little bit more.
Judy GarlandJudy Garland