david strasser

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel ...

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. —Sir William Temple

In private conversation between intimate friends, the wisest men very often talk like the weakest; for indeed the talking with a friend is ...

In conversation, humor is more than wit, easiness more than knowledge ; few desire to learn, or think they need it; all desire to be pleased...

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel ...

I would establish but one general rule to be observed in all conversation, which is this, "that men should not talk to please themselve...

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