#acquaint

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

— Marquis de Sade

#first #know #must #order #ourselves

An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#advice #caring #caring-for-others #companion #constructive-criticism

Meeting another human is always a sacred event. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#friendship #friendship

I'm close with my parents. I have a lot of acquaintances, but my very good close friends are few I can count my very good friends on one hand. And that's how I like it to be. ↗

— Calista Flockhart

#close #close friends #count #few #friends

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

#advances #alone #constant #does #find

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger. ↗

— Franklin P. Jones

#criticism #friend #hard #honest #particularly

You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school. ↗

— Eli Whitney

#approbation #desire #itself #keep #must

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

— Bertrand Russell

#must #name #particular #understand #which

When a man looks across a street, sees a pretty girl, and waves at her, that's not a rendezvous, that's a passing acquaintance. When he walks across the street and nibbles on her ear, that's a rendezvous! ↗

— Wally Schirra

#across #ear #girl #her #looks

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#fortune #friends #passport #surest