Quotes with acquainted

  • The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth.

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  • Samuel Johnson Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Lord George Byron I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Alexander Pope Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Norman Vincent Peale One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • A. E. Housman Tell me not here, it needs not saying,
    What tune the enchantress plays
    In aftermaths of soft September
    Or under blanching mays,
    For she and I were long acquainted
    And I knew all her ways.
    Last Poems (1922) No. 40, st. 1
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Richard Cecil 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
    British Evangelical Anglican priest (1748 - 1810)
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  • Eliza Farnham The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth.
    Eliza Farnham
    American novelist, feminist and abolitionist (1815 - 1864)
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  • Lord Chesterfield The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Vernon Howard We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
    Vernon Howard
    Swiss actor (1918 - 1992)
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