#pleases

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#pleases #struggle #us #victory

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 may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#anything #approaching #brute #brute force #citizens

The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must. ↗

— Carl Van Vechten

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Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases. ↗

— Jeremy Collier

#fair #great #pleases #turn

Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#go #into #me #more #music

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 were not. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#discover #happily #her #how #man

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 can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases. ↗

— George Santayana

#consistent #easier #fact #false #in fact

As far as show business, it's the gratification of doing something that pleases the fans. ↗

— Bobby Sherman

#business #doing #fans #far #gratification

No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right. ↗

— Charles Simmons

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