#pleases

No man pleases by silence; many I please by speaking briefly. ↗

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night. ↗

— Chanakya

#does #good #good wife #her #him

I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#any #attention #care #common #culture

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, it really pleases me, very gratifying. ↗

— Dick Van Dyke

#cannot #children #generation #gratifying #i

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#around #author #barriers #beyond #formidable

The world may believe as it pleases. ↗

— Cole Younger

#may #pleases #world

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#advice #already #ask #most #others

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#journey #just #liberty #perfect #pleases

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire. ↗