Oscar (Fingall O'Flahertie Wills) Wilde, 1854-1900
was an Irish dramatist, novelist, and poet
One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing.
( “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, 1891 )
Henry James, 1843-1916
was a British (US -born) author
Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.
William Shakespeare, 1564-1616
was an English poet and playwright
I must be cruel, only to be kind.