Acquaintance Quote by Benjamin Disraeli Download Open image “A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.” — Benjamin Disraeli ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acquaintance Book Books Classic Ifs Inspirational New acquaintances New books
The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone else had a chance… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern, of its author, though he be long dead, continuing… — Lawrence Clark Powell Copy Share Image
It is such a luxury to open a new book that's highly recommended by friends - either an inspirational yet humorously self-deprecating memoir, or… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new. — William Temple Copy Share Image
It's extraordinary how many people read a book that's new and weird and befriend it. — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“Good characters make you feel like you have new friends, don’t they? You have to re-read the books just to visit with them again.… — Shawn L. Bird Copy Share Image
One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends. — Rachel Field Copy Share Image
Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing else can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
I was told that the privileged and the people formed two nations. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Expediency is a law of nature. The camel is a wonderful animal, but the desert made the camel. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Be much alone with God, and take time to get thoroughly acquainted. Converse over everything with Him. Unburden yourself wholly -every thought, feeling, wish,… — Horatius Bonar 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 as for… — Terry Eagleton 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 is in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a women is, until after considerable acquaintance with her. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant… My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known —… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
God is a spirit. Jesus was led up of the Spirit to be tempted of the Devil; and it is also true that spirits… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
[On an anarchist acquaintance:] Everything in appearance the most alarmist aunt could wish. — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as educational value in the abstract. The notion that some subjects and methods and that acquaintance with certain facts… — John Dewey 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 either transient… — Clifton Fadiman Copy Share Image
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