"Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, and not what you please."
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"I wear my hat as I please, indoors or out."
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"He who doubts from what he sees Will ne'er believe, do what you please."
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"Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer."
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"What is good only because it pleases cannot be pronounced good till it has been found to please."
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"Please don't confuse love and logic ... They aren't even remotely related."
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"If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress."
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"Nothing is so great an adversary to those who make it their business to please as expectation."
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"Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please."
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"You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased."
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"If you once love Him, you will study to please Him."
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"I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please."
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"I urge you to please notice when you are happy."
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"Write to Please Yourself. When You write to Please Others You end up Pleasing No one."
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"Please, sir, I want some more."
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"I mean, time for me, I can make it go slow or fast, however I please. That's how I know it doesn't exist."
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"a good oyster cannot please the palate as acutely as a bad one can revolt it, and a good oyster cannot make him who eats it live for ever though a bad one can make him dead for ever."
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"You cannot please everyone. You cannot soothe everyone."
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"You may not like my burglar, but please don't damage him."
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"Satisfy a few to please many is bad."
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