3 Jonathan Swift Quotes on Conversation

Jonathan Swift quotes on conversation

10. And surely one of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid:

22. A set of phrases learnt by rote; A passion for a scarlet coat; When at a play to laugh, or cry, Yet cannot tell the reason why: Never to hold her tongue a minute; While all she prates has nothing in it.

31. Conversation is but carving! Give no more to every guest Than he's able to digest. Give him always of the prime, And but little at a time. Carve to all but just enough, Let them neither starve nor stuff, And that you may have your due, Let your neighbor carve for you.