Acquaintance Quote by George Washington

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man, that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of his friends,…

— George Washington

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

— George Washington

A man can seem to have many friends yet know little of friendship.

— Clarence H. Burns

“A truly virtuous man would come to the aid of the most distant stranger as quickly as to his own friend. If men were…

— Montesquieu

“As for myself, I can only exhort you to look on Friendship as the most valuable of all human possessions, no other being equally…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“If it be the chief point of friendship to comply with a friend's notions and inclinations he possesses this is an eminent degree; he…

— Alexander Pope

Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“A session of boasting won't attract any real friends.  It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“How little Americans know when they disparage acquaintanceship in favour of real, true friendship. It is in acquaintanceship, bringing wiht it as it does…

— Julian Fellowes

“Friendship among men, when it overpasses a certain limit, has something deep, high, ideal, infinitely sweet, to which no other friendship attains.”

— Paul Sabatier

“Be courteous to all but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence; true friendship is…

— Mark Goodwin

Many a friendship, long, loyal, and self-sacrificing, rested at first on no thicker a foundation than a kind word.

— Frederick William Faber