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Frederick William Faber, a British writer, was born on June 28, 1814, and died on September 26, 1863. Known for his poetry and religious works, Faber's writings were highly appreciated by Victorian readers.

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Famous Frederick William Faber Quotes

“Nobody is kind to only one person at once, but to many persons in one.”

Kind Persons

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“Kind words are the music of the world.”

World Inspirational Kind Music Kindness Relationship Self Improvement Charity Kind Words Words Of Kindness

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“Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which had lost its way and come to earth.”

Ifs World Way Kind Seems Earth Song Lost Causes Natural Kindness Angel Kind Words Words Of Kindness Power Of Kindness

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“Poor human nature cannot do everything; and kindness is too often left uncultivated, because men do not sufficiently understand its value. Men may be charitable, yet not kind; merciful, yet not kind; self-denying, yet not kind. If they would add a little common kindness to their uncommon graces, they would convert ten where they now only abate the prejudice of one.”

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“There is a grace of kind listening, as well as a grace of kind speaking.”

Wells Kind Grace Listening

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“Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.”

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“Many a friendship - long, loyal, and self-sacrificing - rested at first upon no thicker a foundation than a kind word.”

Firsts Kind Long Self Sacrifice Foundation Loyal Kind Words

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“Kind words produce happiness. How often have we ourselves been made happy by kind words, in a manner and to an extent which we are unable to explain!”

Kind Made Happiness Produce Kind Words

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“Happiness is a great power of holiness. Thus, kind words, by their power of producing happiness, have also a power of producing holiness, and so of winning men to God.”

Men Kind Winning Holiness Great Power Kind Words

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About the Author

Born: June 28, 1814
Died: September 26, 1863
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 53

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All for Jesus; or, The easy ways of divine loveRelated source material

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The Precious Blood: The Price of Our SalvationRelated source material

The blessed sacrament: or, The works and ways of GodRelated source material

Devotion to the ChurchRelated source material

Hymn Book of the Oratory of St. Philip NeriRelated source material

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