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Agreeable Quotes (page 4)

I had rather seem mad and a sluggard, so that my defects are agreeable to myself, or that I am not pinfully conscious of them, than be wise, and chaptious. Horace
Noel Coward quote: "It's a pity you didn't have a little more brandy. It might..."
It's a pity you didn't have a little more brandy. It might have made you more agreeable! Noel Coward
There was no noise, no effort, no consciences in anything he did, but in everything an indescribable lightness, a seeming impossibility of doing nothing else, or doing nothing better, which was so graceful, so natural & agreeable Charles Dickens
We are served by organic ghosts, he thought, who, speaking and writing, pass through this our new environment. Watching, wise, physical ghosts from the full-life world, elements of which have become for us invading but agreeable splinters of a substance that pulsates like a former heart. Philip K. Dick
Heaven forbid! -- That would be the greatest misfortune of all! -- To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate! -- Do not wish me such an evil. Jane Austen
it is always easy, as well as agreeable, for the the inferior ranks of mankind to claim a merit from the contempt of that pomp and pleasure, which fortune has placed beyond their reach. The virtue of the primitive Christians, like that of the first Romans, was very frequently guarded by poverty and ignorance. Edward Gibbon
If we only look far enough off for the consequence of our actions, we can always find some point in the combination of results by which those actions can be justified: by adopting the point of view of a Providence who arranges results, or of a philosopher who traces them, we shall find it possible to obtain perfect complacency in choosing to do what is most agreeable to us in the present moment. George Eliot
Is anarchism desirable? Well, who does not seek freedom? What man, unless willing to declare himself in bondage, would care to call any control agreeable? Think about it! Johann Most
Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does. John Kenneth Galbraith
Henry Van Dyke quote: "It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not..."
It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with. Henry Van Dyke
Benjamin Disraeli quote: "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me."
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me. Benjamin Disraeli
George Eliot quote: "Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions;..."
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms. George Eliot
Bob Ehrlich quote: "Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can..."
Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can disagree, but in a very agreeable manner. Bob Ehrlich
David Hume quote: "Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy..."
Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions. David Hume
Proportion is that agreeable harmony between the several parts of a building, which is the result of a just and regular agreement of them with each other; the height to the width, this to the length, and each of these to the whole. Marcus V. Pollio

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