Amiable Quotes

What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one? - George Bernard Shaw

We will regroup... This, in no way, will be regarded by us as a firing. We both understand that a different direction would be best for both Henry and the Sparks. It is an amiable situation for us both. - John Whisenant

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

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

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. - John W. Gardner

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. - Charles Caleb Colton

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. - Ambrose Bierce

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

Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated. - Thomas Mann