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Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.

Grantland Rice

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Grantland Rice
Age: 73 †
Born: 1880
Born: November 1
Died: 1954
Died: July 13
Journalist
Writer
Murfreesboro
Tennessee
Henry Grantland
Blunts
Unkindness
Sting
Honey
Kindness
Another

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