Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . °%\p^SATIO/(- akMT^^L v 4 _. ALK often,says LordChesterfield, but never long; in thatcase if you do not please,at least you are sure notto tire your hearers. Payyour own reckoning, but do not treat the entire company: this beingone of the very few cases in which people do not care to be treated,every one being fully convinced that he has the wherewithal to pay. All other arts pale before the art of conversation as a source ofpopularity, and no other ac
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . °%\p^SATIO/(- akMT^^L v 4 _. ALK often,says LordChesterfield, but never long; in thatcase if you do not please,at least you are sure notto tire your hearers. Payyour own reckoning, but do not treat the entire company: this beingone of the very few cases in which people do not care to be treated,every one being fully convinced that he has the wherewithal to pay. All other arts pale before the art of conversation as a source ofpopularity, and no other accomplishment tends so much toward socialsuccess. The contact of many minds is a constant stimulus to mentalactivity and its outward expression in animated conversation. It lendsnew power to brilliancy of talent, and quickens, to a certain extent,even then the lowest and dullest of intellects. Everyone has been surprised and delighted at times by someunexpectedly brilliant remark that has flashed from his lips duringthe course of some animated exchange of badinage and repartee, andthere is no one but realizes how the mind acquires breadth and theopinions grow toleran
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