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«Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.»
«There is no woman in the world who does not abuse the power she has been able to acquire»
«One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.»
Author: Stendhal | About: Solitude | Keywords: acquire, solitude
«There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.»
«There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic.»
«Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning.»
«There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.»
«The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats' teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice»
«Men can acquire knowledge, but not wisdom. Some of the greatest fools ever known were learned men.»
«Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong»
Author: Thomas Jefferson (Author, President) | About: Honor | Keywords: acquire, honor

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