While both sexes state that kindness is the most preferable trait in a partner there is some evidence that men place less value on this than women and that women may not be more altruistic in presence of an attractive man.

: The folk here are civil, and, like the barbarians unto the holy apostle, have shown me much kindness ; and there are a sort of chosen people in the land, for they have some kirks without organs that are like ours, and are called meeting-houses, where the minister preaches without a gown.

Plutarch provides the most evocative version of this story: But when Egypt revolted with Athenian aid ... and Cimon's mastery of the sea forced the King to resist the efforts of the Hellenes and to hinder their hostile growth ... messages came down to Themistocles saying that the King commanded him to make good his promises by applying himself to the Hellenic problem ; then, neither embittered by anything like anger against his former fellow-citizens, nor lifted up by the great honor and power he was to have in the war, but possibly thinking his task not even approachable, both because Hellas had other great generals at the time, and especially because Cimon was so marvelously successful in his campaigns ; yet most of all out of regard for the reputation of his own achievements and the trophies of those early days ; having decided that his best course was to put a fitting end to his life, he made a sacrifice to the gods, then called his friends together, gave them a farewell clasp of his hand, and, as the current story goes, drank bull's blood, or as some say, took a quick poison, and so died in Magnesia, in the sixty-fifth year of his life ... They say that the King, on learning the cause and the manner of his death, admired the man yet more, and continued to treat his friends and kindred with kindness.

Hormizd IV seems to have been imperious and violent, but not without some kindness of heart.

" A campaign was then started to usher in the Messianic age through " acts of goodness and kindness ," and some of his followers placed advertisements in the mass media, including many full-page ads in the New York Times, declaring in Rabbi Schneerson's name that the Moshiachs arrival was imminent, and urging everyone to prepare for and hasten it by increasing their good deeds.

Bryant suggested that a pre-existing illness was the cause of Smith's demise on 6 February 1824, before the intended Royal reprieve arrived ; he asserted that Smith had been ill for some time, but that his accommodation was airy and spacious and that had been looked after with " utmost attention and kindness ".

In March 1654 Cromwell, who in alarm at the plots being formed against him was attempting to reconcile some of his opponents to his government, sent Holles a pass " with notable circumstances of kindness and esteem.

He owed something to the kindness of Thomas Stanley, but supported himself chiefly by teaching, publishing some educational works under the Commonwealth.

In Quebec City he was much impressed with the kindness of some Huron Indians who attended his performances, and he was purportedly made an honorary chief of the tribe, receiving the name Alanienouidet.

Nevertheless, some stories claim that kobolds only returned such kindness with more poisonous ores.

Their Governor, Fielding Wright, told them: " If any of you have become so deluded as to want to enter our white schools, patronize our hotels and cafes, enjoy social equality with the whites, then true kindness and sympathy requires me to advise you to make your homes in some other state.

Some in the British administration felt initially that paying for such a degree of land and housing reform amounted to an unofficial policy of " killing home rule by kindness ", yet by 1914 some form of Home Rule for most of Ireland was guaranteed.

An African folktale in which the son of the chief must make his way in the world with only a sackful of kola nuts and the help of some creatures that he has treated with kindness.

And then they would have some kindness in their souls.

When some bandits he's hunting down injure an old lady who had shown him kindness, he funds a children's hospital to make sure she gets the medicine she needs before chasing them down and slaughtering them.

Golo Mann in turn described him later: " Indeed he was able to radiate some kindness, but mostly it was silence, strictness, nervousness or rage.

" The Pakeha have some useful technology but not the kindness of heart to see that Maori also possessed much great technology which if adopted would lead to stability, peace and a great new society.

This can be very disconcerting to visitors to the Addams ' mansion ; in a running gag in some episodes, a visitor to the Addams home, profusely grateful for some kindness of the Addamses ', enthusiastically shakes hands with everyone present ---" Thank you, Mr. Addams!

Co-written by von Trier and Niels Vørsel, it tells the story of a young, idealistic American who hopes to " show some kindness " to the German people soon after the end of World War II.

Early Christian thought exhibited some signs of kindness towards slaves.

Anne Herbert's admonition to " practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty " could also be seen as related, though it is worth noting that glamour bombs are not always intended to be kind or beautiful, and may in some instances be startling or disturbing.

When the stranger in her valley becomes sick, some view her as helping him only because of pity and kindness.

The song, at the very end, urges the listeners to show this " robin " some kindness if he ever approaches them because the mistake is an easy one to make.

He had instructed her to kindly host any Buddhist monks that ever came her way, but instead she withheld her kindness and her money.

After his father's death in 1664, Purcell was placed under the guardianship of his uncle who showed him great affection and kindness.

And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee ; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

would be sensible of it, I have done both him and Dr. Halley a great kindness ," he wrote to his assistant Abraham Sharp.

Jannings returns to the hotel, where he dines happily with the night watchman who showed him kindness.

She is the only character to show the hunchback a moment of human kindness: as he is being whipped for punishment and jeered by a horrid rabble, she approaches the public stock and gives him a drink of water.

Only the bishop of Digne takes him in, but Valjean repays his kindness by stealing his silver.

Fantine does not believe in the mayor's sudden kindness, claiming that it was him who allowed the foreman to send her away from the factory and causing her misery.

He was summoned into Saul's presence, and accused, on the information of Doeg the Edomite, of disloyalty because of his kindness to David ; whereupon the king commanded that he, with the other priests who stood beside him, 86 in all, should be slain with his family.

Deming declined to receive royalties from the transcripts of his 1950 lectures, so JUSE's board of directors established the Deming Prize ( December 1950 ) to repay him for his friendship and kindness.

This act of kindness by an unknown person perhaps saved Marshal's life as infection setting into the wound could have killed him.

Pinocchio heads out to meet his father, but on the way he meets the fox and cat again ( whom he had not recognized as the bandits, even though he has a hint from the cat's bandaged front paw — which he had bitten earlier ; the fox tells him the cat had shown mistaken kindness to a wolf ).

In return for her kindness to him, Sullivan gives her a lift in his car, without telling his servants ; they report the " theft " and the pair are apprehended by the police.

Leo's comparatively humble background is obvious to all and he does not really fit in there ; however, his hosts do their best to make him feel welcome, treating him with kindness and indulgence.

The Babylonians released Jeremiah, and showed him great kindness, allowing Jeremiah to choose the place of his residence, according to a Babylonian edict.

Orpheus tells him of his encounter with his mother and Dream's act of kindness in helping her escape again demonstrates to Dream that he has changed from before.

Bennett, who initially was grateful the women had helped clean him said the experience afterwards made him ' less likely to believe in the kindness of strangers.

Demeter thanked Phytalus for his kindness by giving him a fig-tree.

Even when he had been unimaginably haughty, the Gods had displayed forbearance and kindness when they could have burnt him to ashes by a mere glance.

Amidst the debacle, Lhadatt soon becomes worn out by the overbearing publicity surrounding his space mission, prompting him to stay with Riquinni for a while ; he then comes close to raping her one night while catching her undressing, causing a temporary rift between them that is later mended thanks to Riquinni's kindness.

Borglum commented that the fine texture of Alabama marble enabled him to portray the expression of kindness on Lincoln ’ s face that he had never been able to do with any other stone.