WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:03:29 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg agreeable – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Burgh, James -- The Dignity of Human Nature, Sec. 5 “Miscellaneous Thoughts on Prudence in Conversation” (1754) https://wist.info/burgh-james/26322/ https://wist.info/burgh-james/26322/#respond Thu, 07 Aug 2014 12:34:50 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=26322 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)
    (Source) ]]> https://wist.info/burgh-james/26322/feed/ 0 26322 Montaigne, Michel de -- (Attributed) https://wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/2891/ https://wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/2891/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=2891 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
(Attributed)

Widely quoted, but never with any citation. Probably from the Essays, but I was unable to find it (or variants) there or elsewhere online. ]]> https://wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/2891/feed/ 0 2891