In the years of the Roman Republic, before the Christian era, Roman education was meant to produce those character traits that would make the ideal family man. Children were taught primarily to be good to their families. To revere gods, one's parents, and the laws of the state were the primary lessons for Roman boys. Cicero described the goal of their child rearing as "self- control, combined with dutiful affection to parents, and kindliness to kindred.
Kindred spirits alone do not change with the changing years.
I see behind each mask that wonder a kindred soul.
Nature is a temple, where the living Columns sometimes breathe confusing speech; Man walks within these groves of symbols, each Of which regards him as a kindred thing.
All living things on earth are kindred.
Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no, must ever bear us company?
People who feel empowered by your presence become kindred spirits.
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
Women of vanquished races are usually very prone to wed with the men who have slaughtered their kindred in battle.
The mystery which underlies the beauty of women is never raised above the reach of all expression until it has claimed kindred with the deeper mystery in our own souls.
Our universe grants every soul a twin- a reflection of themselves -the kindred spirit - And no matter where they are or how far away they are from each other- even if they are in different dimensions, they will always find one another. This is destiny; this is love.
All natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence.
A bosom friend - an intimate friend, you know - a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul.
Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
The theatre, for all its artifices, depicts life in a sense more truly than history, because the medium has a kindred movement to that of real life, though an artificial setting and form.
Lost money is bewailed with deeper sighs Than friends, or kindred, and with louder cries.
All powerful souls have kindred with each other
It was a bold, wild life for a faerie - most never even left their forests - but she was a bold, wild lass, and so were her daughter and granddaughter after her, and their place in the world was everywhere and nowhere, like gypsies on wing. No home had they but their caravans and campfires, and no family but the one they'd cobbled together of crows, creatures and kindred souls they'd met on their endless journey round and round the world.
Friendship is stronger than kindred.
