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I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

Epicurus (1993). “The essential Epicurus: letters, principal doctrines, Vatican sayings, and fragments”

The manner of their living is very barbarous, because they do not eat at fixed times, but as often as they please

Amerigo Vespucci (1916). “Letter to Piero Soderini, Gonfaloniere: The Year 1504”

I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration.

Robert Burns (1825). “The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Poems, Letters, Songs, His Letters to Clarinda, and the Whole of His Suppressed Poems: with an Essay on His Life, Genius, and Character [signed: J. B.]. MS. Notes”, p.440

Investigate what is, and not what pleases.

"'Der Versuch als Vermittler von Objekt und Subjekt' ('The Attempt as Mediator of Object and Subject')". Essay by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1792.

O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations V2: Drawn From The Speech And Literature Of All Nations, Ancient And Modern (1922)". Book by Kate Louise Roberts, 2010.

If you don’t know how to fix it, please, stop breaking it.

Speech at U.N. Conference on Environment and Development, delivered day Month 1992, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

pretty please, with a cherry on top of me!

Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Kiss”, p.23, HQN Books