#quaint

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

— Charles Bronson

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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

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I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

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When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them so readily, although always for a good reason, and never through mere fickleness. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

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Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend. ↗

— Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place. ↗

— Garth Hudson

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Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people. ↗

— George Ade

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I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

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