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Pleasant Quotes - Page 3

To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.

Charles Buxton (1883). “Notes of Thought”

You have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant.

Charles Buxton, John Llewelyn Davies (1883). “Notes of Thought”

Memories were like sunshine. They warmed you up and left a pleasant glow, but you couldn't hold them.

Clare Vanderpool (2010). “Moon Over Manifest”, p.74, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Good resolutions are a pleasant crop to sow.

Lucas Malet (1885). “Colonel Enderby's Wife: A Novel”

Conclusions are not always pleasant.

James W. Loewen (2013). “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong”, p.44, The New Press

Praise when merited is not a boon: yet to a generous nature, is it pleasant to utter it.

Herman Melville, Robert C. Ryan, Hershel Parker (2009). “Published Poems: The Writings of Herman Melville”, p.680, Northwestern University Press

It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well.

George Santayana (2002). “The Works of George Santayana: The letters of George Santayana. 1921-1927. Vol. 5. Book 3”, MIT Press

The Christians are coming to get you, and they are not pleasant people.

George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

Aberystwyth (n.) A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for.

Douglas Adams, John Lloyd (2013). “The Meaning of Liff: The Original Dictionary Of Things There Should Be Words For”, p.2, Pan Macmillan

You dramatically increase your value to others if you always maintain a calm and pleasant manner.

Rabbi Daniel Lapin (2009). “Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money”, p.123, John Wiley & Sons

It would be pleasant to be drunk.

Anne Sexton (1964). “Selected poems”