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Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.
Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.
The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, read more
The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the read more
There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation.
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.
Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.
They would talk of nothing but high life and high-lived company,
with other fashionable topics, such as pictures, taste, read more
They would talk of nothing but high life and high-lived company,
with other fashionable topics, such as pictures, taste,
Shakespeare, and the musical glasses.
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner
does he take a pen in read more
Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner
does he take a pen in his hand, than it becomes a torpedo to him,
and benumbs all his faculties.
