"Genius flames and dies, but amiable competence can……" — James Lileks

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• There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give… — Jane Austen
• People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable. — Samuel Butler
• Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment. — Lord Byron
• Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more… — Joseph Addison
• She told her, while she kept it, 'Twould make her amiable and subdue my father Entirely to her love, but… — William Shakespeare
• In fact, we will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. We have to… — John Desmond Bernal
• No one is better born than another, unless they are born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition. — Seneca the Elder
• A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be. — Nicolas Chamfort
• Nobody knows how the stand of our knowledge about the atom would be without him. Personally, [Niels] Bohr is one… — Albert Einstein
• I am every day more convinced that we women, if we are to be good women, feminine and amiable and… — Queen Victoria
• If you'd be beloved, make yourself amiable. A true friend is the best possession. — Benjamin Franklin
• The truth is that the scientific value of Polar exploration is greatly exaggerated. The thing that takes men on such… — H. L. Mencken

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