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is tied to admiration. The love of new acquaintance comes from the distaste we feel in being too little admired by those that know us too well, and the hope of being more admired by those that know us less.

The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in change, as from the distaste we feel in being too little admired by those that know us too well, and the hope of being more admired by those that know us less. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

is a person we would sooner borrow from than lend to.

is preferable to the friend in that they don't expect you to call or go to' their children's weddings.

I prefer acquaintances to friends. They don't expect you to call or go to' their children's weddings.

is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.

A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous

is a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to

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acquaintance