#pleases

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

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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

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The world may believe as it pleases. ↗

— Cole Younger

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

— Khalil Gibran

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

— Christian Nestell Bovee

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Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction; that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

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

— Blaise Pascal

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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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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