Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well.


Lacon: or, Many things in few words (ed. 1821)

Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always...

Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always...

Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always...

Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always...