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I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for me to acquire a good education and follow in his footsteps. ↗

— Sigrid Undset

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There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language. ↗

— William Osler

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There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture, and that responds to socialization. ↗

— Steven Pinker

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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. ↗

— Plato

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Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired. ↗

— Plautus

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I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already engaged in the profession to acquire the highest moral and intellectual training. ↗

— Joseph Pulitzer

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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it. ↗

— Pliny the Elder

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That's what fame does to you. You acquire another self. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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