#acquired

True, some land was bought by a few Cabinet Ministers. They bought the land. No minister, to my knowledge acquired land which was meant for resettlement. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

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War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

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It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt that I had suddenly acquired value to myself, to my family, and to the world. ↗

— Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

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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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No one wants to lose their job, or cede the power they've acquired. ↗

— Romano Prodi

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Hunger for gold is made greater as more gold is acquired. ↗

— Aurelius Clemens Prudentius

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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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Matrimony is a process by which a grocer acquired an account the florist had. ↗

— Frances Rodman

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If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses; how wide is that we gain from other sources. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

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