Famous quotes containing the words talking, machine and/or company:
“The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasure to our listeners.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“The machine has had a pernicious effect upon virtue, pity, and love, and young men used to machines which induce inertia, and fear, are near impotents.”
—Edward Dahlberg (1900–1977)
“Mrs. Mirvan says we are not to walk in [St. James’s] Park again next Sunday ... because there is better company in Kensington Gardens; but really, if you had seen how every body was dressed, you would not think that possible.”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)
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