ACQUAINTANCE

Related Subjects: Friendship, Knowledge, Society

1. Acquaintance softens prejudice.—AESOP, Fables

2. It is good discretion not to make too much of any man at the first; because one cannot hold out that proportion.—BACON

3. Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
   And never brought to mind?
   Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
   And auld lang syne?—BURNS, Auld Lang Syne

4. I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.—SAMUEL JOHNSON, Boswell: Life

5. If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone.—SAMUEL JOHNSON, Boswell: Life

6. The art of life is to keep down acquaintances. One's friends one can manage, but one's acquaintances can be the devil.—E. V. LUCAS, Over Bemerton's

7. Short acquaintance brings repentance.—Proverb

8. Have but few friends, though much acquaintance.—Proverb

9. To you! Stranger! If you, passing, meet me, and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?—WALT WHITMAN