Quotes About Acquisition

Because a freeman ought not to be a slave in the acquisition of knowledge of any kind. Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

those who have inherited their fortunes than of those who have acquired them; the makers of fortunes have a second love of money as a creation of their own, resembling the affection of authors for their own poems, or of parents for their children

Because a freeman ought not to be a slave in the acquisition of knowledge of any kind. Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. Very true. Then

Y si al que está en esas condiciones se le acerca alguien y le dice tranquilamente la verdad, esto es, que no hay en él razón alguna, que está privado de ella y que la razón es algo que no se puede adquirir sin entregarse completamente a la tarea de conseguirla, ¿crees que es fá­cil que haga caso quien está sometido a tantas malas in­fluencias?

Los hombres todos están persuadidos de que la virtud puede ser adquirida. Porque nadie castiga a un hombre malo sólo por ha sido malo, a no ser que se trate de alguna bestia feroz que castigue para saciar su crueldad. Pero el que castiga con razón, castiga, no por las faltas pasadas, porque ya no es posible que lo que ya ha sucedido deje de suceder, sino por las faltas que puedan sobrevenir, para que el culpable no reincida y sirva de ejemplo a los demás su castigo.

After all, what is money apart from what it can buy?

As the resident dude, Shane was responsible for the acquisition of party favors, like glow-in-the-dark necklaces and drinks. Non-alcoholic drinks for Claire, of course, because I am a stern house mother even if I suck as a role model.

and about two hundred thousand dollars' worth of rings.

The only virtue is vice, and the acquisition of power justifies all things.

I marched into the shop and bought the vases.

It's not every day you are able to sign a top-10 athlete, let alone two in the same week.

Aw man, I spend it pretty much as fast as I make it. If I want something, I don't wait around and plan or nothing. I just go out and get it.

A lot was happening in A.I. But I also realized it wasn't clear what Salesforce's role in A.I. was. That's when we started acquiring quite a few artificial intelligence companies, maybe a dozen.

To add a player in the draft is something we always look forward to.

I don't get that much enjoyment out of saying 'I own it.'

el que tiene dinero quiere más; nunca lo ha regalado y nunca lo hará.

Politeness will be a great acquisition, if it does no more than impart grace to manners; but its function does not stop here. For propriety, springing as it does from motives of benevolence and modesty, and actuated by tender feelings toward the sensibilities of others, is ever a graceful expression of sympathy. Its requirement is that we should weep with those that weep and rejoice with those that rejoice.

Comprendía, entonces, que la vida nos da montones de provisiones para nuestras travesías por el desierto. Todo lo que había adquirido de manera activa o pasiva, todo lo que había aprendido voluntariamente o por ósmosis, volvía a mí como las verdaderas riquezas de mi existencia, cuando lo había perdido todo.

Comprendía, entonces, que la vida nos da montones de provisiones para nuestras travesías por el desierto. Todo lo que había adquirido de manera activa o pasiva, todo lo que había aprendido voluntariamente o por osmosis, volvía a mí como las verdaderas riquezas de mi existencia, cuando lo había perdido todo.

After you get what you want you don't want it.

th? là cu?i cùng, ph?i ch?ng chi?n tranh chính là cái cu?c chuy?n t? tay ng??i này sang tay ng??i kia các món ??, m?i lúc l?i méo mó thêm m?t chút?

e la guerra cos'è poi se non questo passarsi di mano in mano roba sempre più ammaccata?

Your relationship with objects is selective, personal; only the things you feel yours become yours: it is a relationship with the physicality of things, not with an intellectual or affective idea that takes the place of seeing them and touching them.

Le donne oneste erano quelle che sapevano trovare l'acquirente al prezzo più alto, erano quelle che non consentivano all'amore che quando ci trovavano il loro tornaconto.