... goodness is of a modest nature, easily discouraged, and when much elbowed in early life by unabashed vices, is apt to… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
We all have friends, acquaintances, and frienemies. Friends are the ones who are there to support you in your worse of times… — Tammi Post Copy Share Image
He (King Philip) wanted as many Greeks as possible to take part in the festivities in honour of the gods, and so… — Diodorus Siculus Copy Share Image
In my acquaintance with John Rawls, I found him to be a simple and honest man, who just by chance also happened… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
Women age more in company because they have more relationships. Men have buddies. They have acquaintances, they have comrades. Friends as women… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Opportunistic relationships can hardly be kept constant. The acquaintance of honorable people, even at a distance, does not add flowers in times… — Zhuge Liang Copy Share Image
Under none of the accredited ghostly circumstances, and environed by none of the conventional ghostly surroundings, did I first make acquaintance with… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
We have chosen to write the biography of our disease because we love it platonically - as Amy Lowell loved Keats -… — Hans Zinsser Copy Share Image
Without Christ, sciences in every department are vain…The man who knows not God is vain, though he should be conversant with every… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
This surface good-nature which captivates a new acquaintance and is no bar to treachery, which knows no scruple and is never at… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Though Lexington is not a small town, it sometimes feels like one, with circles of acquaintance overlapping once, then again; the person… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
This great Mughal Emperor [Akbar] was illiterate; he could neither read nor write. However, that had not stopped Akbar from cultivating the… — Indu Sundaresan Copy Share Image
... ideals, standards, aspirations,--those are chameleon words, and take color from their speakers,--often false tints. A scholarly man of my acquaintance once… — Carolyn Wells Copy Share Image
“There are plenty of people, in need of our attention, who have very little with which to repay us. But I feel… — Lloyd C. Douglas Copy Share Image
[Books] will visit you at your convenience, whether you are lonesome or not, on rainy days or fair. They propose themselves as… — Clifton Fadiman Copy Share Image
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The thing about living in a place like Nebraska is there aren't that many people, so your circle of acquaintances is going… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
Setting aside the vast herd which shows no definable character at all, it seems to me that the minority distinguished by what… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I think it's more difficult writing what it's like to be a child. You can pretend you know what it's like, but… — Tama Janowitz Copy Share Image
If you cannot read all your books...fondle them---peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Based on first-hand evidence of your own senses - the improved health and later ages at which acquaintances die nowadays as compared… — Julian Simon Copy Share Image
A man of my acquaintance once wrote a poem called "The Road Less Traveled", describing a journey he took through the woods… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I particularly recollect your saying one night, after they had been dining at Netherfield, 'SHE a beauty!--I should as soon call her… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
When we were not shooting [The Hangover] we were sleeping, so pretty much every waking moment we spent together. And, you know,… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
When my hoe tinkled against the stones, that music echoed to the woods and the sky, and was an accompaniment to my… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“You have to know who to keep near you and those you should be far away from.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Distrust those who love you extremely upon a slight acquaintance, and without any visible reason. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Better not read books in which you make acquaintance of the devil. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
At times I think I actually hate Hollywood. I have many acquaintances there, but few friends... — Grace Kelly Copy Share Image
I wouldn't dream of giving any human being marks out of 10 on two hours' acquaintance. — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
Today, people often make the American mistake of confusing acquaintances with friends. The former are there to share life's pleasures; only the… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't… — Macaulay Culkin Copy Share Image
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