Deep learning will make you acceptable to the learned; but it is only an obliging and easy behaviour, and entertaining conversation, that will make you agreeable to all companies.
James Burgh (1714-1775) British politician and writer
The Dignity of Human Nature, Sec. 5 “Miscellaneous Thoughts on Prudence in Conversation” (1754)
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
[Il n’y a pas de conversation plus ennuyeuse que celle où tout le monde est d’accord.]
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
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Widely quoted, but never with any citation. Probably from the Essays, but I was unable to find it (or variants) there or elsewhere online.
