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Pleasing Quotes

I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind Picture Quote #1

Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people Picture Quote #1

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music Picture Quote #1

From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition Picture Quote #1

And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I fear, more acute than our sense of good, we become the victims of our feelings, unless we can in some degree command them Picture Quote #1

One should write not unskillfully in the running hand, be able to sing in a pleasing voice and keep good time to music; and, lastly, a man should not refuse a little wine when it is pressed upon him Picture Quote #1

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I believe that one of the great problems for us as individuals is the depression and the tension resulting from existence in a world which is increasingly less pleasing to the eye Picture Quote #1

Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead; therein lies the whole art of pleasing. Everybody knows it, and everyone forgets it Picture Quote #1

The more skillful the performance of false cheer, the more pleasing the effect is upon one’s public and on that private audience to whom one owes even more Picture Quote #1

I hope, if you should live to grow up, you will endeavour to be very useful and not spend all your time in pleasing yourself Picture Quote #1

Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. Sometimes it does. But the danger is, that while a man grows better pleased with himself, he may be growing less pleasing to others. Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has presented Picture Quote #1

Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, I hear them all at once. What a delight this is! All this inventing, this producing, takes place in a pleasing, lively dream Picture Quote #1

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Flirtation and coquetry are so nearly allied as to be identical; both are the art of successful and pleasing deception Picture Quote #1

There are some women who are flirts upon principle; they consider it their duty to make themselves as pleasing as possible to every one Picture Quote #1

There’s something very addictive about people pleasing. It’s a thought pattern and a habit that feels really, really good until it becomes desperate Picture Quote #1

I need you to do more than survive. As writers, as revolutionaries, tell the truth, your truth in your own way. Do not buy into their system of censorship, imagining that if you drop this character or hide that emotion, you can slide through their blockades. Do not eat your heart out in the hope of pleasing them Picture Quote #1

Let your life be pleasing to the multitude, and it can not be so to yourself Picture Quote #1

No, no, don’t let my vulnerable heart share in this sacrifice to lust! Let him disgust me before pleasing me! Let him be what others have been, an instrument that I can break before becoming the echoes of its vibration Picture Quote #1

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This is what it is the business of the artist to do. Art is theft, art is armed robbery, art is not pleasing your mother Picture Quote #1

You see how it is, my dear friends. There’s no pleasing everyone. It’s hopeless to even try, and the more you play the peacemaker, the less peaceful things become Picture Quote #1

The fire was silent, the little houses collapsing into the flames without complaint, flocks of sparks rising to the sky. At a distance it seemed beautiful, and I thought it was strange that powerful violence is often so pleasing to the eye Picture Quote #1

Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship Picture Quote #1

Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she is condemned to stay whimpering at the back door Picture Quote #1

Dance has become an exclusionary enterprise. To participate, one must be thinner than thin, of pleasing form, flexible, athletic and young. If you are not all these things, you will be allowed to dance in the privacy of your own living room. You just wouldn’t dare to put yourself onstage Picture Quote #1

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In the end, trying to be perfect is the unconscious social effort to please ourselves by pleasing these others Picture Quote #1

Mixing with groups of people can be enjoyed, it is pleasing in a way that cannot be explained other than the temptation to become closer to one or the other Picture Quote #1

Sing me not a song; let me hear your recital of veneration and respect; this I will listen to over and over when I share your need of pleasing Picture Quote #1

I paint ideas, not things. My intention is less to paint works that are pleasing to the eye than to suggest great thoughts which will speak to the imagination and the heart and will arouse all that is noblest and best in man Picture Quote #1

When you have lived longer in this world and outlived the enthusiastic and pleasing illusions of youth, you will find your love and pity for the race increase tenfold, your admiration and attachment to a particular party or opinion fall away altogether Picture Quote #1

No man can rob successfully over a period of years without pleasing the people he robs Picture Quote #1

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I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind (Pleasing Quotes) Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people (Pleasing Quotes) Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music (Pleasing Quotes) From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition (Pleasing Quotes) And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I fear, more acute than our sense of good, we become the victims of our feelings, unless we can in some degree command them (Pleasing Quotes) One should write not unskillfully in the running hand, be able to sing in a pleasing voice and keep good time to music; and, lastly, a man should not refuse a little wine when it is pressed upon him (Pleasing Quotes) I believe that one of the great problems for us as individuals is the depression and the tension resulting from existence in a world which is increasingly less pleasing to the eye (Pleasing Quotes) Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead; therein lies the whole art of pleasing. Everybody knows it, and everyone forgets it (Pleasing Quotes) The more skillful the performance of false cheer, the more pleasing the effect is upon one’s public and on that private audience to whom one owes even more (Pleasing Quotes) I hope, if you should live to grow up, you will endeavour to be very useful and not spend all your time in pleasing yourself (Pleasing Quotes) Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. Sometimes it does. But the danger is, that while a man grows better pleased with himself, he may be growing less pleasing to others. Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has presented (Pleasing Quotes) Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, I hear them all at once. What a delight this is! All this inventing, this producing, takes place in a pleasing, lively dream (Pleasing Quotes) Flirtation and coquetry are so nearly allied as to be identical; both are the art of successful and pleasing deception (Pleasing Quotes) There are some women who are flirts upon principle; they consider it their duty to make themselves as pleasing as possible to every one (Pleasing Quotes) There’s something very addictive about people pleasing. It’s a thought pattern and a habit that feels really, really good until it becomes desperate (Pleasing Quotes) I need you to do more than survive. As writers, as revolutionaries, tell the truth, your truth in your own way. Do not buy into their system of censorship, imagining that if you drop this character or hide that emotion, you can slide through their blockades. Do not eat your heart out in the hope of pleasing them (Pleasing Quotes) Let your life be pleasing to the multitude, and it can not be so to yourself (Pleasing Quotes) No, no, don’t let my vulnerable heart share in this sacrifice to lust! Let him disgust me before pleasing me! Let him be what others have been, an instrument that I can break before becoming the echoes of its vibration (Pleasing Quotes) This is what it is the business of the artist to do. Art is theft, art is armed robbery, art is not pleasing your mother (Pleasing Quotes) You see how it is, my dear friends. There’s no pleasing everyone. It’s hopeless to even try, and the more you play the peacemaker, the less peaceful things become (Pleasing Quotes) The fire was silent, the little houses collapsing into the flames without complaint, flocks of sparks rising to the sky. At a distance it seemed beautiful, and I thought it was strange that powerful violence is often so pleasing to the eye (Pleasing Quotes) Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship (Pleasing Quotes) Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she is condemned to stay whimpering at the back door (Pleasing Quotes) Dance has become an exclusionary enterprise. To participate, one must be thinner than thin, of pleasing form, flexible, athletic and young. If you are not all these things, you will be allowed to dance in the privacy of your own living room. You just wouldn’t dare to put yourself onstage (Pleasing Quotes) In the end, trying to be perfect is the unconscious social effort to please ourselves by pleasing these others (Pleasing Quotes) Mixing with groups of people can be enjoyed, it is pleasing in a way that cannot be explained other than the temptation to become closer to one or the other (Pleasing Quotes) Sing me not a song; let me hear your recital of veneration and respect; this I will listen to over and over when I share your need of pleasing (Pleasing Quotes) I paint ideas, not things. My intention is less to paint works that are pleasing to the eye than to suggest great thoughts which will speak to the imagination and the heart and will arouse all that is noblest and best in man (Pleasing Quotes) When you have lived longer in this world and outlived the enthusiastic and pleasing illusions of youth, you will find your love and pity for the race increase tenfold, your admiration and attachment to a particular party or opinion fall away altogether (Pleasing Quotes) No man can rob successfully over a period of years without pleasing the people he robs (Pleasing Quotes)

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