“3389. Men are more prone to revengeInjuries, than to requite Kindnesses.”

“This seems to me a thing to be noticed, that just as the men of this country are, during this mortal life, more prone to anger and revenge than any other race, so in eternal death the saints of this land, that have been elevated by their merits, are more vindictive than the saints of any other region.”
Hoc autem mihi notabile videtur, quod sicut nationis istius homines hac in vita mortali prae aliis gentibus impatientes et praecipites sunt ad vindictam, sic et in morte vitali meritis jam excelsi, prae aliarum regionum sanctis, animi vindicis esse videntur.

Gerald of Wales (1146) Medieval clergyman and historian

“To some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it.”

George Henry Lewes (1817–1878) British philosopher

“Kindness effects more than severity.”

Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695) French poet, fabulist and writer.

“A little more than kin, a little less than kind.”

William Shakespeare Hamlet

“Bitterness is repaid more often than kindness.”

Brandon Sanderson book The Way of Kings

“When we look at the pay of men and women who do work equal hours, two discoveries are quite astonishing:
--When women and men work less than 40 hours a week, the women earn more than the men;
--When men and women work more than 40, the men earn more than the women.”

Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate

“Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

“I have ever been prone to seek adventure and to investigate and experiment where wiser men would have left well enough alone.”

Edgar Rice Burroughs book A Princess of Mars

“More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness”

Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) British comic actor and filmmaker