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> [The cocktail party has a simple function in modern society. Its basic purpose is to pay off social debts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-boyle/the-cocktail-party-has-a-simple-function-in-modern-society-its-basic/)

[Hal Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-boyle/)

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## More by Hal Boyle

> [Does Grandpa love to baby-sit his grandchildren? Are you kidding? By day he is too busy taking hormone shots at the doctor's or chip…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-boyle/does-grandpa-love-to-baby-sit-his-grandchildren-are-you-kidding-by/)

[Hal Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-boyle/)

> [Probably no one alive hasn't at one time or another brooded over the possibility of going back to an earlier, ideal age in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-boyle/probably-no-one-alive-hasn-t-at-one-time-or-another-brooded-over-the/)

[Hal Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-boyle/)

> [Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-boyle/professors-simply-can-t-discuss-a-thing-habit-compels-them-to-deliver/)

[Hal Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-boyle/)

> [The cocktail party has a simple function in modern society. Its basic purpose is to pay off social debts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-boyle/the-cocktail-party-has-a-simple-function-in-modern-society-its-basic/)

[Hal Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-boyle/)

> [Those who give up cigarette smoking aren't the heroes. The real heroes are the rest of us - who have to listen to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-boyle/those-who-give-up-cigarette-smoking-aren-t-the-heroes-the-real-heroes/)

[Hal Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-boyle/)

> [I used to envy kids who had an old-fashioned Grandpa. Not any more. I've got a new ambition. Now I just want to become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-boyle/i-used-to-envy-kids-who-had-an-old-fashioned-grandpa-not-any-more-i/)

[Hal Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-boyle/)

> [Memory is the best of all gardens. Therein, winter and summer, the seeds of their past lie dormant, ready to spring into instant bloom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-boyle/memory-is-the-best-of-all-gardens-therein-winter-and-summer-the-seeds/)

[Hal Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-boyle/)

> [What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt it is sure to get where it is going,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-boyle/what-makes-a-river-so-restful-to-people-is-that-it-doesn-t-have-any/)

[Hal Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-boyle/)

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