True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the sufferings and joys of others.

Andre Gide

More information about this quote

Topic

Kindness Empathy

Author

Andre Gide

Language

French

Time

1959 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Gide, Andre. "Portraits and Aphorisms: An Unprejudiced Mind." Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality, edited by Justin O'Brien. Secker & Warburg/Meridian Books, 1959.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Andre Gide about kindness: “True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the sufferings and…”
Download
A quote by Andre Gide about kindness: “True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the sufferings and…”
Download
A quote by Andre Gide about kindness: “True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the sufferings and…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1950s

Raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens,
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens,
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things.

Rodgers and Hammerstein

More information about this quote
Topic
The little things

Author

Rodgers and Hammerstein
Source
My Favorite Things The Sound of Music
Medium
Song Musical
Genre
Great American songbook
Language
English
Time
1959 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hammerstein, Oscar, II. "My Favorite Things." The Sound of Music. Composed by Richard Rodgers. 1959, Shubert Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

Another quote originally in French

To name an object is to take away three-fourths of the pleasure given by a poem. This pleasure consists in guessing little by little to suggest it, that is the ideal.

Jules Huret

More information about this quote
Topic
Names Poetry
Speaker
Stephane Mallarme [Etienne Mallarme]

Author

Jules Huret
Language
French
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Mallarme, Stephane. Quoted in "Sur l'Evolution Litteraire [On Literary Evolution]." Enquete de Huret [Investigation by Jules Huret]. Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1891.