Woman, a
pleasing but a short-lived flower,
Too soft for business and too weak for power:
A wife in bondage, or neglected maid:
Despised, if ugly: if she's fair, betrayed. (An Essay on Woman)
View quotes by Mary LeaporAnd the fruit of my vanity is shame, and repentance, and the clear knowledge that whatever the world finds
pleasing, is but a brief dream.
View quotes by PetrarchNothing can be
pleasing which is not also becoming.
View quotes by QuintilianThe buttocks are the most aesthetically
pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential orifice, these pointless globes are as near as the human form can ever come to abstract art.
View quotes by Kenneth TynanAny writer overwhelmingly honest about
pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.
View quotes by Marianne MooreIt is double
pleasing to trick the trickster.
View quotes by Jean De La FontaineThe happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of
pleasing impression.
View quotes by Samuel JohnsonThe hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more
pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
View quotes by Oliver GoldsmithAffection endeavours to correct natural defects, and has always the laudable aim of
pleasing, though it always misses it
View quotes by John LockeThis has been a really good season for me which is always
pleasing and if you gave me this return at the start of the year I would have taken it for sure.
View quotes by Darren StevensWe've had a tough season this time around so it's
pleasing to show a bit of form towards the end and hopefully we can take that into next year.
View quotes by David SalesI shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the
pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind.
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