A sincere acquaintance with ourselves teaches us humility; and from humility springs that benevolence which compassionates the transgressors we condemn, and prevents… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child;… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance: and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made… — George Catlin Copy Share Image
ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There are no little events in life, those we think of no consequence may be full of fate, and it is at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When Jesus tells us about his Father, we distrust him. When he shows us his Home, we turn away, but when he… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
I was a stray acquaintance whom he had never seem before and would never see again, a wandered for a moment through… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
A man who has cured himself of all ridiculous prepossessions, and is fully, sincerely, and steadily convinced, from experience as well as… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Courtesy, like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and inclination to love one another at the first sight, and in the… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
You're a grand old flag! You're a high-flying flag, And forever in peace may you wave. You're the emblem of the land… — George M. Cohan Copy Share Image
The true Christian regards all Christ's friends as his friends, members of the same body, children of the same family, soldiers in… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“I used to imagine life divided into separate compartments, consisting, for example, of such dual abstractions as pleasure and pain, love and… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
A high character might be produced, I suppose, by continued prosperity, but it has very seldom been the case. Adversity, however it… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
He lifed his head and looked down at her seriously. "Could you," he began, then he had to clear his throat. "Could… — Lynn Kurland Copy Share Image
You wrong yourself and me by assuming my interest in you is purely physical,” he went on. “I told you I am… — Gaelen Foley Copy Share Image
My mother was a children's librarian. I remember when traditional stories were revised for modern audiences until they bore only a nodding… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
Even the simple act that we call "going to visit a person of our acquaintance" is in part an intellectual act. We… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
It is expedient to have acquaintance with those who have looked into the world, who know men, understand business, and can give… — George Horne Copy Share Image
Making verses is almost as common as taking snuff, and God can tell what miserable stuff people carry about in their pockets,… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
An acquaintance had become a lover, might become a husband, but would retain all that she had noted in the acquaintance; and… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Friends: not one. Just a few acquaintances who imagine they feel something for me and who might be sorry if a train… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio. A slight acquaintance with numbers will shew… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
As someone who has more than a passing acquaintance with most of the 20th century presidents, I have often thought that their… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
When we were only acquaintances, you let me be myself, but now you're always protecting me... I won't be protected. I will… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
The usual relationship between an artist and his painting is like the relationship with the father, or a husband's with his wife.… — Ilya Kabakov Copy Share Image
An unlearned carpenter of my acquaintance once said in my hearing: "There is very little difference between one man and another; but… — William James Copy Share Image
My strong sense of discipline has always been with me, and it also gave me the need for deep affection. I have… — Giorgio Armani Copy Share Image
Whether it is a relationship with family members, girlfriends, friends, or co-workers - every relationship is important. Even a casual acquaintance means… — Rana Daggubati Copy Share Image
It can do truth no service to blind the fact, known to all who have the most ordinary acquaintance with literary history,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“You make an impression on everyone you meet, just as everyone you meet makes an impression on you. You need know when… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
Just imagine what would happen if practicing physicians, the ones who have come into contact directly with suffering humanity, had some acquaintance… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I'm close with my parents. I have a lot of acquaintances, but my very good close friends are few I can count… — Calista Flockhart Copy Share Image
The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The further our civilization advances upon its present lines so much the cheaper sort of thing does "fame" become, especially of the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Ravi Zacharias brings with him considerable intellectual strength and theological depth. His background brings him and understanding of cultures and personal acquaintance… — Jay Kesler Copy Share Image
You wouldn't believe how many FDA officials or relatives or acquaintances of FDA officials come to see me as patients in Hanover.… — Hans Alfred Nieper Copy Share Image
