Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a beautiful woman is after considerable acquaintance with her."
Acquaintance quotes
Acquaintance
49 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
George Eliot
Novelist, Poet, Journalist
"The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance."
Soren Kierkegaard
Philosopher, Theologian
"Comparison is the most dangerous acquaintance love can make."
Emily Dickinson
Poet
"My best Acquaintances are those With Whom I spoke no Word"
Susan Cain
Author, Speaker
"Cross the street to avoid making aimless chitchat with random acquaintances."
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"Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance."
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"Who is everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends."
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"Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases"
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"Acquaintance softens prejudice."
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"There seems to be hardly any one among my acquaintance from whom I have not learned."
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"Intimate acquaintance must precede real friendship"
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"When you're rich, you don't have friends; you just have endless acquaintances."
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"A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic."
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"How casually and unobservedly we make all our most valued acquaintances."
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"Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes?" - That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best."
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"It requires self-esteem to receive-not self-love but just a pleasant acquaintance and liking for oneself."
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"I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company."
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