Agreeable Quotes

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An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage. — Publilius Syrus
Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in… — Socrates
I, a woman, find wearing high heels agreeable only on the very rare occasion that (1) I will be ferried between destinations upon a palanquin… — Lauren Collins
To accpet the world as boring or accpet oneself as boring? Which is really more agreeable? There's bound to be some amount of ambiguity and… — Nisio Isin
The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be. — Walter Bagehot
People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is… — Alistair Cooke
Business is a means- the only means- to increase the quantity of goods available for preserving life and rendering it more agreeable. — Ludwig von Mises
But methings wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it — William Wycherley
Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition, was not denied to the Roman slave; and if he had any opportunity of rendering himself either… — Edward Gibbon
Value all books in proportion as they are agreeable to Scripture. Those that are nearest to it are the best, and those that are farthest… — J C Ryle
In the zazen posture, your mind and body have, great power to accept things as they are, whether agreeable or disagreeable. — Shunryu Suzuki
I have observed over the years that the unanticipated consequences of social action are always more important, and usually less agreeable, than the intended consequences. — Irving Kristol
A work of art is a work of order, and if the artist is to put the stamp of his own mind on his work,… — Henry Peach Robinson
There is nothing more agreeable than having a place where one can throw on the floor as many cigar butts as one pleases without the… — Fidel Castro
That profound night freedom was agreeable and exciting. — Carmen Laforet
Good government is that which delivers the citizen from being done out of his life and property too arbitrarily and violently-one that relieves him sufficiently… — H. L. Mencken
Have you never seen a strange unconnected deformed representation of a figure, which seen in another point of view, became proportioned and agreeable? It is… — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experience helpful. Let those who do not, seek… — Jean-Henri Fabre
Happiness canâ€™t be reduced to a few agreeable sensations. Rather, it is a way of being and of experiencing the worldâ€”a profound fulfillment that suffuses… — Matthieu Ricard
Anyone who conceives of writing as an agreeable stroll towards a middle-class life-style will never write anything but crap. — Derek Raymond

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