the milk of human kindness
noun phrase
literary
: kind feelings or behavior toward other people
He was filled with the milk of human kindness.
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Start practicing now, before the milk of human kindness begins to curdle in your breast.
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Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 14 Dec. 2025
Yet there’s always a childlike sense to both his anger and his neediness, having been denied the milk of human kindness by his maker.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
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Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 14 Dec. 2025
Yet there’s always a childlike sense to both his anger and his neediness, having been denied the milk of human kindness by his maker.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
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“The milk of human kindness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20milk%20of%20human%20kindness. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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