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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one which we take the least thought to acquire. – La RochefoucauldRate it:
As we acquire more knowldege, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious. – Albert SchweitzerRate it:
Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. Learning to suspend your imagination and live completely in the very second of the present with no before and no after is the greatest gift a soldier can acquire. – Ernest HemingwayRate it:
Disregard females, acquire currency – Henry SaundersRate it:
Genuine success is not in all you’ve been able to achieve or acquire. It’s the sum total of all the positive things you’ve accomplished in a lifetime. – Ellis MbekuRate it:
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. – George SandRate it:
Having a personal philosophy is like having a pet marmoset, because it may be very attractive when you acquire it, but there may be situations when it will not come in handy at all. – Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Grimm GrottoRate it:
Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire. – Anwar el SadatRate it:
One can acquire everything in solitude except character. – StendhalRate it:
Some day we feel the overall picture has slipped away. Only the details of life may help to find the whole ensemble. Our worldview does not comprehend the daily events anymore. Our conception of life is no longer a key for understanding, but is, on the contrary, blocking off our insight. We can, however, create space and time for an uplifting reflection and acquire an "Identity". ("Man without Qualities" ) – Erik PevernagieRate it:
To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. – Marilyn vos SavantRate it:
We are not born with wisdom, but we acquire it by reading books. – Sipho P NkosiRate it:
When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that he will not do to acquire that freedom. Whenever you hear a man saying he wants freedom, but in the next breath he is going to tell you what he won't do to get it, or what he doesn't believe in doing in order to get it, he doesn't believe in freedom. A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire... or preserve his freedom. – Malcolm XRate it:
You will go further, even if you may not acquire wealth, but you will be happier and well contented if you go via the straight path in life -- that is honesty and integrity. – Vicente LimRate it:
[T]here is a wide difference between closing the door altogether and throwing it entirely open; between a postponement of fourteen years and an immediate admission to all the rights of citizenship. Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the principles and imbibe the spirit of our government; and to admit of at least a probability of their feeling a real interest in our affairs. – Alexander HamiltonRate it:
Before we acquire great power, we must acquire wisdom to use it well. – Ralph Waldo EmersonRate it:
To comprehend climate change, one must be educated and enlightened by the scientific evidence; those in disbelief follow the mantra of their tribe and cult for they lack resources to acquire an independent position. – RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)Rate it:
Women possess an inordinate power over men who after an act of intimacy feel deceived when they are subsequently rejected. Once intimate men wrongfully presume, they acquire permanent license. – RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)Rate it:
Even the wisest among us do not possess complete knowledge of every subject; however, they acquire a deep understanding regarding the limits of their knowledge. Acknowledge, the extent of your knowledge. – RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)Rate it:
At birth we are provided seeds to sow, but the amount and quality are not equal; the wealthy acquire high quality and limitless amounts, while the poor received the opposite; therefore, the impoverished cannot error while the affluent can dispose handfuls in the wind. RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo) – 1995 – RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)Rate it:
Those who obtain an eminent position, shall acquire critics, resentment, wrath and isolation; choose your friends for who they are, instead of who you are. – RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)Rate it:
We don’t develop and acquire courage by taking the smoothest path each time. We develop it by facing misfortune and perilous conditions. – RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)Rate it:
From one Soul of the Universe are all Souls derived. . .Of these Souls there are many changes, some into a more fortunate estate, and some quite contrary. . .Not all human souls but only the pious ones are divine. Once separated from the body, and after the struggle to acquire piety, which consists in knowing God and injuring none, such a soul becomes all intelligence. The impious soul, however, punishes itself by seeking a human body to enter into, for no other body can receive a human soul it cannot enter the body of an animal devoid of reason. Divine law preserves the human soul from such infamy. . .The soul passeth from form to form and the mansions of her pilgrimage are manifold. Thou puttest off thy bodies as raiment and as vesture dost thou fold them up. Thou art from old, O Soul of Man yea, thou art from everlasting. – HermesRate it:
Common sense is that layer of prejudices which we acquire before we are sixteen. – Albert EinsteinRate it:

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one which we take the least thought to acquire.

As we acquire more knowldege, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. Learning to suspend your imagination and live completely in the very second of the present with no before and no after is the greatest gift a soldier can acquire.

– Ernest HemingwayRate it:

Disregard females, acquire currency

– Henry SaundersRate it:

Genuine success is not in all you’ve been able to achieve or acquire. It’s the sum total of all the positive things you’ve accomplished in a lifetime.

– Ellis MbekuRate it:

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

– George SandRate it:

Having a personal philosophy is like having a pet marmoset, because it may be very attractive when you acquire it, but there may be situations when it will not come in handy at all.

– Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Grimm GrottoRate it:

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.

– Anwar el SadatRate it:

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

– StendhalRate it:

Some day we feel the overall picture has slipped away. Only the details of life may help to find the whole ensemble. Our worldview does not comprehend the daily events anymore. Our conception of life is no longer a key for understanding, but is, on the contrary, blocking off our insight. We can, however, create space and time for an uplifting reflection and acquire an "Identity". ("Man without Qualities" )

– Erik PevernagieRate it:

To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

– Marilyn vos SavantRate it:

We are not born with wisdom, but we acquire it by reading books.

– Sipho P NkosiRate it:

When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that he will not do to acquire that freedom. Whenever you hear a man saying he wants freedom, but in the next breath he is going to tell you what he won't do to get it, or what he doesn't believe in doing in order to get it, he doesn't believe in freedom. A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire... or preserve his freedom.

– Malcolm XRate it:

You will go further, even if you may not acquire wealth, but you will be happier and well contented if you go via the straight path in life -- that is honesty and integrity.

– Vicente LimRate it:

[T]here is a wide difference between closing the door altogether and throwing it entirely open; between a postponement of fourteen years and an immediate admission to all the rights of citizenship. Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the principles and imbibe the spirit of our government; and to admit of at least a probability of their feeling a real interest in our affairs.

– Alexander HamiltonRate it:

Before we acquire great power, we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

– Ralph Waldo EmersonRate it:

To comprehend climate change, one must be educated and enlightened by the scientific evidence; those in disbelief follow the mantra of their tribe and cult for they lack resources to acquire an independent position.

– RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)Rate it:

Women possess an inordinate power over men who after an act of intimacy feel deceived when they are subsequently rejected. Once intimate men wrongfully presume, they acquire permanent license.

– RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)Rate it:

Even the wisest among us do not possess complete knowledge of every subject; however, they acquire a deep understanding regarding the limits of their knowledge. Acknowledge, the extent of your knowledge.

– RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)Rate it:

At birth we are provided seeds to sow, but the amount and quality are not equal; the wealthy acquire high quality and limitless amounts, while the poor received the opposite; therefore, the impoverished cannot error while the affluent can dispose handfuls in the wind. RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo) – 1995

– RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)Rate it:

Those who obtain an eminent position, shall acquire critics, resentment, wrath and isolation; choose your friends for who they are, instead of who you are.

– RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)Rate it:

We don’t develop and acquire courage by taking the smoothest path each time. We develop it by facing misfortune and perilous conditions.

– RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)Rate it:

From one Soul of the Universe are all Souls derived. . .Of these Souls there are many changes, some into a more fortunate estate, and some quite contrary. . .Not all human souls but only the pious ones are divine. Once separated from the body, and after the struggle to acquire piety, which consists in knowing God and injuring none, such a soul becomes all intelligence. The impious soul, however, punishes itself by seeking a human body to enter into, for no other body can receive a human soul it cannot enter the body of an animal devoid of reason. Divine law preserves the human soul from such infamy. . .The soul passeth from form to form and the mansions of her pilgrimage are manifold. Thou puttest off thy bodies as raiment and as vesture dost thou fold them up. Thou art from old, O Soul of Man yea, thou art from everlasting.

– HermesRate it:

Common sense is that layer of prejudices which we acquire before we are sixteen.

– Albert EinsteinRate it:

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