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Dean Swift’s rule is as good for women as for men — never to talk above a half minute without pausing, and giving others an opportunity to strike in.
Sydney Smith (1771-1845) English clergyman, essayist, wit
Essay (1843-07), “Parisian Morals and Manners,”
Edinburgh Review No. 157, Art. 5
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Added on 1-Oct-24 | Last updated 1-Oct-24
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Topics: break, conversation, courtesy, dialog, discussion, engagement, pause, politeness, response
More quotes by Smith, Sydney As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so change of studies a dull brain.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) American poet
“Table-Talk,”
Driftwood (1857)
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Added on 2-Dec-22 | Last updated 2-Dec-22
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Topics: break, change, focus, grind, refreshment, refueling
More quotes by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn’t do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.
Florida Scott-Maxwell (1883-1979) American-British playwright, author, psychologist
The Measure of My Days (1968)
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Added on 9-Nov-20 | Last updated 9-Nov-20
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Topics: break, growth, life, seed, struggle
More quotes by Scott-Maxwell, Florida Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
The Idler, #23 (23 Sep 1758)
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Added on 8-Aug-17 | Last updated 25-Jun-22
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Topics: absence, apart, break, friendship, intermission, love, meme, pause, separation
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