#acquaintance

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 Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influence felt by everybody about the place. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

#accounts #acquaintance #badger #everybody #felt

Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#acquaintance #already #embraced #enables #folly

I don't have friends, I have thousands of acquaintances. No friends. I figured I had a wife and children. ↗

— Charles Bronson

#children #figured #friends #had #i

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

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

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#contradiction #humor #humor

Acquaintance lessens fame. ↗

— Claudius

#fame #lessens

We need to in this country begin again to raise civil discourse to another level. I mean, we shout and scream and yell and get very little accomplished, but you can disagree very much with the next guy and still be friends and acquaintances. ↗

— Leah Ward Sears

#acquaintances #again #another #begin #civil

The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive. ↗

— Kenneth Williams

#acquaintance #give #impressive #nice #nodding

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