Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–1881) English churchman, Dean of Westminster
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 133.
“The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.”
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“Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.”
Nikos Kazantzakis book Zorba the Greek
Variant: Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all, in my view, is not to have one.
Source: Zorba the Greek
“The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.”
Amelia Earhart (1897–1937) American aviation pioneer and author
Originally Frederick William Faber, sermon "On Kindness in General", found in Spiritual Conferences, a collection of his oratory, ca. 1860
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Context: No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.
James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905) Missionary in China
(J. Hudson Taylor. Separation and Service: Or Thoughts on Numbers VI, VII. London: Morgan & Scott, n.d., 15-16).
Henry Adams (1838–1918) journalist, historian, academic, novelist
The Education of Henry Adams (1907)
Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1879–1944) American writer
Source: Modes and Morals (1920), Ch. 1
