Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

The art of conversation, or the qualifications for a good companion, is a certain self-control, which now holds the subject, now lets it go, with a respect for the emergencies of the moment.


Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1820–1872 (1876)


The art of conversation, or the qualifications for a good companion, is a certain self-control, which now holds the subject, now lets it go, with a...

The art of conversation, or the qualifications for a good companion, is a certain self-control, which now holds the subject, now lets it go, with a...

The art of conversation, or the qualifications for a good companion, is a certain self-control, which now holds the subject, now lets it go, with a...

The art of conversation, or the qualifications for a good companion, is a certain self-control, which now holds the subject, now lets it go, with a...