Talks on Talking

ISBN: 9781330034828 出版年：2016 页码：169 Grenville Kleiser Forgotten Books

The first duty of a man is to speak; that is his chief business in this world; and talk, which is the harmonious speech of two or more, is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing; it is all profit; it completes our education; it founds and fosters our; friendships; and it is by talk alone that we learn our period and ourselves.