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Conversation Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a formal and studied…
- Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.
- A transition from an author's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we…
- That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm, quiet interchange of sentiments....
- Solitude is the surest nurse of all prurient passions, and a girl in the hurry of preparation, or tumult of gaiety, has neither inclination nor…
- But to the particular species of excellence men are directed, not by an ascendant planet or predominating humour, but by the first book which they…
- How many may a man of diffusive conversation count among his acquaintances, whose lives have been signalized by numberless escapes; who never cross the river…
- Knowledge is praised and desired by multitudes whom her charms could never rouse from the couch of sloth; whom the faintest invitation of pleasure draws…
- The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.
- I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
- When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.
- So different are the colors of life, as we look forward to the future, or backward to the past; and so different the opinions and…
- To us, who are regaled every morning and evening with intelligence, and are supplied from day to day with materials for conversation, it is difficult…
- To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is the best method of enabling the mind to detect its…
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