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Pleasant

August 18, 2019 by admin

 “Be pleasant until 10 in the morning, and the rest of the day will take care of itself”

– Elbert Hubbard

Definitions:

  • Having agreeable manners and behavior (MW)
  • Being friendly and easy to like (CAM)

Vices:

  • Excess: Flattery, being unreasonably friendly to others
  • Deficit: Rudeness, being unreasonably unfriendly to others

Example:

Saying “Good Morning” to those around you
Related Virtues: Affability, Cheerfulness, Decency, Friendship, Happiness

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