#amiable

How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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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 of English humour - that amiable, fairly liberal, laconic voice which you find in something like 'Three Men in a Boat.' ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Ariel: "Why do such stories always sound so sad? Why can't people part on more amiable terms?" Danny: "Human nature," he said. "When feelings change and a person is at their most insecure, it's a matter of personal survival, I think. It's not always meant to hurt, but it often does. ↗

— Judith-Victoria Douglas

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There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions. ↗

— Jane Austen

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Of all the Beauties, it is that which attracts the most lasting Admiration, gives the greatest Charm to every thing we say or do, and renders us amiable in every Station, and thro' every Stage of Life. ↗

— Eliza Haywood

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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 laid prostrate. ↗

— Charles Inglis

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For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being. ↗

— Mary Astell

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People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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