#quaint

Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate. ↗

— Virgil

#help #i #learn #misfortune #myself

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

#actions #attachment #convince #criterion #every

The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem far-off and quaint: nearly everybody in politics - candidate, consultant, pundit, and Tea Party crowd extra alike - is an actor now, a shameless ham in a hoked-up reality series that never stops. ↗

— James Wolcott

#alike #bunny #candidate #consultant #crowd

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#acquainted #country #description #ever #knew

The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance: and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly. ↗

— George Catlin

#always #appearance #been #civil #crows

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced His will in all things. ↗

— Richard Cecil

#acquiesced #all things #bible #characters #god

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#companion #even #genius #inseparable #moderation

Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language; because it is necessary to use many Greek words to which there are none corresponding in Latin. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#because #corresponding #difficult #greek #harmony

Medieval justice was a quaint thing. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

#medieval #quaint #thing

When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

#acquainted #after #aware #been #changes