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305 Pleases quotes by 262 unique authors

If there is something that you have to do, resist the temptation to do it under duress. Ask yourself, "What's the worst thing that would… — Esther Hicks
Satire is at once the most agreeable and most dangerous of mental qualities. It always pleases when it is refined, but we always fear those… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us. — Plautus
Be it sculpture, poetry, or narrative fraught with terrible insight... art does endure. It troubles and pleases, inspires, and reminds us that humanity is ever… — Stephanie Mills
Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats. — Pierre Corneille
I get letters from people about my work. The thing that pleases me most is that my work touches their feelings. In fact, they don't… — Andrew Wyeth
What pleases our mind is not dangerous enough. — Kazuaki Tanahashi
A young sailor boy came to see me to-day. It pleases me to have these lads seek me on their return from their first voyage,… — Maria Mitchell
Let him who elevates himself above humanity . . . say, if he pleases, "I will never compromise"; but let no one who is not… — Henry Clay
Creativity is a god who comes around only when he pleases, and it isn't very often. But when he does come around, he sits at… — Gary D. Schmidt
Nothing pleases a woman quite so well as to look so sweet that a man wants to kiss her, and then abuse him for his… — E. W. Howe
The most accomplished literary work would be reduced to nothing by carping criticism, if the author would listen to all critics and allow every one… — Jean de la Bruyere
Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them. — Khalil Gibran
Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
I cannot tell you what it means when children recognize. This is about the third generation for me. And when kids that small recognize me,… — Dick Van Dyke
The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases. — William Hazlitt
Some days I'm lucky to squeeze out a page of copy that pleases me, but I get as many as six or seven pages on… — Dean Koontz
I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do… — Wilfrid Laurier
Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music. — Paul McCartney
No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she… — H. L. Mencken
The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory. — Blaise Pascal
We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens… — Ayn Rand
It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy… — George Santayana
A government that can at pleasure accuse, shoot, and hang men, as traitors, for the one general offence of refusing to surrender themselves and their… — Lysander Spooner
The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly. — Stendhal

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