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An affable and courteous gentleman.
william shakespeare— The Taming of the Shrew (c. 1593-94), Act I, scene 2, line 98.
He was an open confuter of both Pope and King, the corrector of monks, the director of priests, the instructor of clerks, the supporter of scholars, a preacher to the people, a persecutor of the incontinent, the unwearied student of the Scriptures, a hammer and despiser of the Romans. At the table of bodily refreshment he was hospitable, eloquent, courteous, pleasant, and affable; at the spiritual table devout, tearful, and contrite. In the episcopal office he was sedulous , dignified, and indefatigable .
— Matthew Paris, Hist. Maj. v.407; see also Chronica Majora
We do not like the confiding, the intimate, the ingratiating, the hail-fellow-well-met, but prefer the unapproachable, the hard-bitten, the recalcitrant, the sinister, the malignant, the saturnine, the cross-grained and the cankered, and the howling wilderness to the amenities of civilization, the irascible to the affable, the prickly to the smooth.We have no damned fellow- feeling at all.
Grieve— 1952 'The Dour Drinkers of Glasgow', in The American Mercury, Mar.
Being cheerful and affable with people is by itself half of wisdom.
— Majlisi, Bih?rul Anw?r, vol.76, p.60
Being sociable and affable with people brings kindness and friendship.
— Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p.306
