Amiable Quotes

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The greatest and most amiable privilege which the rich enjoy over the poor is that which they exercise the least--the privilege of making others happy. — Charles Caleb Colton
A man's errors are what make him amiable. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
PRIMATE, n. The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury, an… — Ambrose Bierce
A tender-hearted and compassionate disposition, which inclines men to pity and feel the misfortunes of others, and which is, even for its own sake, incapable… — Henry Fielding
The grace that makes every grace amiable is humility. — Samuel Richardson
The most lasting reputation I have is for an almost ferocious aggressiveness, when in fact I am amiable, indulgent, affectionate, shy and rather timid at… — J. B. Priestley
Avoid wine and women - choose a freckly-faced girl for a wife; they are invariably more amiable. — William Osler
Without a doubt, one of the things which keeps us from attaining perfection is our tongue. When one has reached the point of no longer… — Saint Francis de Sales
In short, the Gaon was a one-sided, severe ascetic, and would never have deserved the title of a good father, a good husband, an amiable… — Solomon Schechter
Galen Clark was the best mountaineer I ever met, and one of the kindest and most amiable of all my mountain friends. — John Muir
For, what is order without common sense, but Bedlam's front parlor? What is imagination without common sense, but the aspiration to out-dandy Beau Brummell with… — Vera Nazarian
The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies… — John W. Gardner
It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being. — Benjamin Disraeli
There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman. — Samuel Johnson
In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and… — John Henry Newman
I must have read every issue of 'Punch' published in the 20th century, and I think in the process I picked up the true voice… — Terry Pratchett
Well, biology today as I see it has an amiable look - quite different from the 19th-century view that the whole arrangement of nature is… — Lewis Thomas
I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is so much aspiration in them, so much audacious hope and… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I hope you liked them, Reader; that they did for you what any good story should do--make you forget the real stuff weighing on your… — Stephen King
It is not possible to know how far the influence of any amiable, honest-hearted duty-doing man flies out into the world, but it is very… — Charles Dickens

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