Hester Thrale Quote

Let dullness have its due: and remember that if life and conversation are happily compared to a bowl of punch, there must be more water in it than spirit, acid, or sugar.


Autobiography, Letters, and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (1861)


Let dullness have its due: and remember that if life and conversation are happily compared to a bowl of punch, there must be more water in it than...

Let dullness have its due: and remember that if life and conversation are happily compared to a bowl of punch, there must be more water in it than...

Let dullness have its due: and remember that if life and conversation are happily compared to a bowl of punch, there must be more water in it than...

Let dullness have its due: and remember that if life and conversation are happily compared to a bowl of punch, there must be more water in it than...