To adorn our characters
To adorn our characters by the charm of an amiable nature shows at once a lover of beauty and a lover of man. Epictetus
Amiable
Make an amiable intermediary
Make an amiable intermediary of an egg, which comes between the various parts of food to bring about difficult reconciliations. Emmanuel des Essarts
Of all the Beauties,
Of all the Beauties, it is that which attracts the most lasting Admiration, gives the greatest Charm to every thing we say or do, and renders us amiable in every Station, and thro’ every Stage of Life. Eliza Haywood
His manners were less
His manners were less pure, but his character was equally amiable with that of his father. Twenty-two acknowledged concubines, and a library of sixty-two thousand volumes, attested the variety of his inclinations, and from the productions which he left behind him, it appears that the former as well as the latter were designed for use … Read more
Amiable weaknesses of human
Amiable weaknesses of human nature. Edward Gibbon
Dogs are indeed the
Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation. Edmund Burke
There would be no
There would be no sunshine in society if the born flatterers, I mean the so-called amiable people, did not bring it in with them. Friedrich Nietzsche
Who has not experienced
Who has not experienced how, on near acquaintance, plainness becomes beautified, and beauty loses its charm, exactly according to the quality of the heart and mind? And from this cause am I of opinion that the want of outward beauty never disquiets a noble nature or will be regarded as a misfortune. It never can … Read more
When we are truly
When we are truly in this interior simplicity our whole appearance is franker, more natural. This true simplicity. . . makes us conscious of a certain openness, gentleness, innocence, gaiety, and serenity. O, how amiable this simplicity is! Who will give it to me? I leave all for this. It is the pearl of the … Read more
He had the appeal
He had the appeal of a very young dog of a very large breed — a kind of amiable absurdity. Dorothy L. Sayers