Lady Dorothy Nevill Quote

It is, I think, a good deal owing to the preponderance of the commercial element in Society that conversation has sunk to its present dull level of conventional chatter. The commercial class has always mistrusted verbal brilliancy and wit, deeming such qualities, perhaps with some justice, frivolous and unprofitable.


The Reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill (1906)


It is, I think, a good deal owing to the preponderance of the commercial element in Society that conversation has sunk to its present dull level of...

It is, I think, a good deal owing to the preponderance of the commercial element in Society that conversation has sunk to its present dull level of...

It is, I think, a good deal owing to the preponderance of the commercial element in Society that conversation has sunk to its present dull level of...

It is, I think, a good deal owing to the preponderance of the commercial element in Society that conversation has sunk to its present dull level of...