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Letter "A" » amiable
«There are only two kinds of people in the modern world who know what they are after. One, quite frankly, is the Communist. The other, equally frankly, is the convinced Christian. The rest of the world are amiable nonentities.»
«The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.»
«PRIMATE, n. The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury, an amiable old gentleman, who occupies Lambeth Palace when living and Westminster Abbey when dead. He is commonly dead.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
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«The greatest and most amiable privilege which the rich enjoy over the poor is that which they exercise the least - the privilege of making others happy»
«What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one?»
«People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.»
«There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.»