Quotes About Acquaintances

Strangers are friends whom we yet to meet and our foes are nobody but strangers.

The young compliment their greatness on the number of their friends; the old, on the confidence of them.

And may we not say confidently of man also, that he who is likely to be gentle to his friends and acquaintances, must by nature be a lover of wisdom and knowledge? That we may safely affirm. Then he who is to be a really good and noble guardian of the State will require to unite in himself philosophy and spirit and swiftness and strength? Undoubtedly. Then we have found the desired natures; and now that we have found them, how are they to be reared and educated?

The only happy people I know are people I don't know well.

I adore the fact that when I'm driving home from work, as soon as I hit my neighbourhood, I see people I know.

My friends know that they're my friends - even my enemies know that they're my friends.

I am friends with everyone but I make enemies in my league.

You can tell a lot about a man by his friends, or lack of them.

Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.

How do you undo intimacy? How do you go back to being acquaintances, when the other person knows every inch and groove of you, every irrational fear, every trigger?

Your friendliness with people does not make them your friends.

We have many acquaintances in life, and we quite often think these people are true friends. But friends...real friends are few. Learn to know the difference.

Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren't bad people; they're just acquaintances.

My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it.

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.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere

Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate

Money does not buy friends it rents them. When you are out of money,Your lease is up.

Time is limited; emotions are short. Don't spread yourself too thin. Focus on the close relationships you have now. These are the folks who'll stand by your side no matter what. You'll have plenty of time in the coming weeks to make new acquaintances.

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.

Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

Money couldn't buy friends, but you got a better class of enemy.