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.
