A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech.

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Society is not a disease it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.

Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.

Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.

Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.

To exist is a habit I do not despair of acquiring.

To exist is a habit I do not despair of acquiring.

Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.

Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.

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    My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

    My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

    Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness only in his actions, in his life.

    Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness only in his actions, in his life.

    Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

    Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

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