Acquaintance Quote by Joseph Addison

Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be…

— Teresa of Avila

A good part of the fame of most celebrated men is due to the shortsightedness of their admirers

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains largely in our esteem if we discover that he…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Acquaintance lessens fame.

— Claudius

We imagine that the admiration of the works of celebrated men has become common, because the admiration of their names has become so.

— William Hazlitt

Familiarity brings contempt but rarity breeds admiration

— Ogunsakin Ayobami Ayorinde

“There are three things admiration affirms; the lack of autonomy, the senility of the mind, and the strength of desperation. Irrationality and inferiority are…

— Lionel Suggs

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

— Samuel Johnson

There is a kind of grandeur and respect which the meanest and most insignificant part of mankind endeavor to procure in the little circle…

— Joseph Addison

A man ranks lowest on the credibility index; if he refrains to appreciate the creative instinct of his acquaintances jealously, but likes the similar…

— Anuj

Rare almost as great poets, rarer, perhaps, than veritable saints and martyrs; are consummate men of business. A man, to be excellent in this…

— Arthur Helps

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

— George Sand