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As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible but more mysterious.
Learning
Albert Schweitzer

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Men can acquire knowledge, but not wisdom. Some of the greatest fools ever known were learned men.
Knowledge
Spanish Proverb

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One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
Solitude
Henri B. Stendhal

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For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies.
Humor
Laurence Sterne

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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
Experience
St. Teresa of Avila

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It feels like a barbell. [When asked what she thought of her newly acquired Oscar statuette]
Hollywood
Marisa Tomei

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun