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Men are cruel, but Man is kind.
"Men are cruel, but Man is kind."— Rabindranath Tagore
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Meaning of this quote
Individual cruelty is contrasted with an ideal of humanity capable of kindness.
Key takeaway:
Hold people accountable while preserving concern for human possibility.
Origin of the quote
Stray Birds (1916), poem 219.
Who actually said this?
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Source:
Stray Birds — poem 219
