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Boys and young men acquire readily the moral sentiments of their social milieu, whatever these sentiments may be. — Bertrand Russell
The real "haves" are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of these by developing… — Eric Hoffer
Rousseau had it backwards. We are NOT born free. We are born in the chains of the random and the reflexive, and are ignorant and… — Richard Mitchell
Perfection consists in a constant perseverance to acquire the virtues and become proficient in their practice, because on God's road, not to advance is to… — Vincent de Paul
[W]ork at ridding yourself of the esteem you have had up to now for the glitter and sparkle of virtue and the vain applause of… — Vincent de Paul
I know well, Monsieur, how much you have to endure in your present duty, and I ask Our Lord to strengthen you in your difficulties.… — Vincent de Paul
It is beautiful to acquire knowledge, but it is misleading to expect it to bring us peace, love and happiness. — Ken Keyes Jr.
As we advance in life, we acquire a keener sense of the value of time. Nothing else, indeed, seems of any consequence; and we become… — William Hazlitt
Even more then long hours in the kitchen, fine meals require ingenious organization and experience which is a pleasure to acquire. — Elizabeth David
Naturalness is the easiest thing in the world to acquire, if you will forget yourself-forget about the impression you are trying to make. — Dale Carnegie
Writers acquire their technique by spotting, savoring, and reverse-engineering examples of good prose. — Steven Pinker
It is within you that the ghosts acquire voices. — Italo Calvino
Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations. And by… — Hippocrates
In a nuclear war there would be no victors, only victims. The truth of peace require that all-whether those governments which openly or secretly possess… — Pope Benedict XVI
It is exceptional that one should be able to acquire the understanding of a process without having previously acquired a deep familiarity with running it,… — John von Neumann
One cannot keep all the old views and opinions and acquire new ones. — P D Ouspensky
Indisputably we live in a shaped reality, an artificialism. Most people who grasp this are thinking only at a consumer-level, of the "things" they like… — Kenny Smith
If you follow the course of one man through constant practice, your intelligence would have to be crude indeed for you not to get some… — Cennino Cennini
Just as composers go to concerts and artists visit galleries, writers read. You will learn, in the most enjoyable way, more about style and language… — Judith Barrington
If I had a reed made of lightening I could blow the sax all night... I don't know where one would acquire a reed made… — Ryan Adams

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