Jean de La Bruyère Quote

The art of conversation consists less in showing one's own wit than in giving opportunity for the display of the wit of others.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


The art of conversation consists less in showing one's own wit than in giving opportunity for the display of the wit of others.

The art of conversation consists less in showing one's own wit than in giving opportunity for the display of the wit of others.

The art of conversation consists less in showing one's own wit than in giving opportunity for the display of the wit of others.

The art of conversation consists less in showing one's own wit than in giving opportunity for the display of the wit of others.