That which chiefly causes the failure of a dinner-party, is the running short — not of meat, nor yet of drink, but of conversation.


Sylvie and Bruno (1889)

Lewis Carroll Quotes

That which chiefly causes the failure of a dinner-party, is the running short — not of meat, nor yet of drink, but of conversation.

That which chiefly causes the failure of a dinner-party, is the running short — not of meat, nor yet of drink, but of conversation.

That which chiefly causes the failure of a dinner-party, is the running short — not of meat, nor yet of drink, but of conversation.

That which chiefly causes the failure of a dinner-party, is the running short — not of meat, nor yet of drink, but of conversation.