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It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed.

Quote by James Prescott Joule about physics, mind, god

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Quote by Oscar Wilde about people, enemies, good, good luck, man

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.

Quote by Richard Bach about contentment

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about day

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about friendship, man, life

Experience the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce about experience, wisdom, old, olderness

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.

Quote by Thomas Chandler Haliburton about hope