“Acquaintances, in sort, represent a source of social power, and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are.”
Source: 引爆趨勢 : 小改變如何引發大流行 [Yin bao qu shi: xiao gai bian ru he yin fa da liu xing]
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Rien n'est plus admirable et ne fait plus d'honneur à la vertu, que la confiance avec laquelle on s'adresse aux personnes dont on connaît parfaitement la probité.
Part 1, p. 86; translation p. 40.
L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut (1731)

2020-05-28
Donald Trump just used a ridiculous comparison to justify his social media crackdown
Chris Cillizza
CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/28/politics/donald-trump-twitter-facebook-social-media-executive-order/index.html
2020, May 2020

“To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is a name.”
1910s, The Philosophy of Logical Atomism (1918)

“Words are the source of all power. And names are more than just a collection of letters.”
Source: The Throne of Fire

“I wish to acquaint you with some of the occurrences of the present past and future.”
Jerilderie Letter (1879)

Source: Shades of Milk and Honey (2010), Chapter 3 (p. 42)

“The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.”
Source: Books, Coningsby (1844), Endymion (1880), Ch. 36.