Famous quotes containing the words sentence and/or conversation:
“The sentence must also contain its own apology for being spoken.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.”
—Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616)