Kindness does not consist in gifts, but in gentleness and generosity of spirit. Men may give their money which comes from the purse, and withhold their kindness which comes from the heart.
Samuel Smiles
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Character, chapterVIII: Temper; Two complete consecutive sentences distinguishing sympathetic kindness from material gifts. Surrounding discussion read. Smiles’s prose, not the preceding Jeremy Bentham quotation. Public-domain text; whitespace normalized.
- Character, chapterVIII: Temper
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