#acquaint

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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I see the friends I made over the years who have become family today, people I became acquainted with who have achieved so much in their lives. They taught me something with each meeting. ↗

— Akshay Kumar

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To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is a name. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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I think they're very attractive,' Abe agreed. 'I just don't think they're attractive, that's all. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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To see and be acquainted with strangers, in especial with men in honour and authority. ↗

— Thomas Cavendish

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Acquaintance lessens fame. ↗

— Claudius

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I feel like movie stars don't have many friends at all. They have acquaintances. ↗

— Milla Jovovich

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Irishmen are not reserved, and the company appeared dying to be intimately acquainted. ↗

— William Hamilton Maxwell

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In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

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