Amiable Quotes

82 quotes by 72 authors

The ship of my life may or may not be sailing on calm and amiable seas. The challenging days of my existence may or may… — Maya Angelou
You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart. — Alexandre Dumas
She understood him. He could not forgive her,-but he could not be unfeeling. Though condemning her for the past, and considering it with high and… — Jane Austen
Please, trust me, I most definitely can be cheerful. I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. And that's only the A's. Just don't ask me to… — Markus Zusak
Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. As far as an amiable disposition and powers of entertainment make you so, it is… — Margaret Fuller
He had the appeal of a very young dog of a very large breed -- a kind of amiable absurdity. — Dorothy L. Sayers
There is something about wills which brings out the worst side of human nature. People who under ordinary circumstances are perfectly upright and amiable, go… — Dorothy L. Sayers
Books are always obviously having conversations with other books, and some times they're amiable and sometimes not. — China Mieville
Let truth be told - women do as a rule live through such humiliations, and regain their spirits, and again look about them with an… — Thomas Hardy
He may live in my memory as the most amiable man of my acquaintance.. — Jane Austen
Oh, Randall, don't be such a vile beast!" "I don't think much of that",he said critically. "Amiable snake was much better. — Georgette Heyer
I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. Soft, amiable natures they would have refined to saintliness; of strong, evil… — Charlotte Bronte
I think him every thing that is worthy and amiable. — Jane Austen
Was it me you were discussing?â€ he countered with lifted brows. â€œI couldnâ€™t tell from the description you were giving. Since when am I kind,… — Judith McNaught
Women are often expected to be more amiable or more pleasing or more submissive than men generally. — Maria Doyle Kennedy
The sweet quality is set opposite to the bitter, and is a gracious, amiable, blessed and pleasant quality, a refreshing of the life, an allaying… — Jakob Bohme
How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success. — William Ellery Channing
All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are… — Charles Inglis
Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated. — Thomas Mann
Liberty guest amiable, Plants both elbows on the table — Voltaire

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