James Burgh: Company

James Burgh was British politician. Explore interesting quotes on company.

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“In mixed company, be readier to hear than to speak, and put people upon talking of what is in their own way; for then you will both oblige them, and be most likely to improve by their conversation.”

The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)

“Make your company a rarity, and people will value it. Men despise what they can easily have.”

The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)

“Do not endeavour to shine in all companies. Leave room for your hearers to imagine something within you beyond all you have said. And remember, the more you are praised, the more you will be envied.”

The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)

“What may be very entertaining in company with ignorant people may be tiresome to those who know more of the matter.”

The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)

“If you want to gain any man's good opinion, take particular care how you behave the first time you are in company with him; the light you appear in at first, to one who is neither inclinable to think well nor ill of you, will strongly prejudice him either for or against you.”

The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)

“Do not sit dumb in company; it will be ascribed either to pride, cunning, or stupidity: give your opinion modestly, but freely; hear that of others with candour; and ever endeavour to find out, and to communicate truth.”

The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)

“Deep learning will make you acceptable to the learned; but it is only an obliging and easy behaviour, and entertaining conversation, that will make you agreeable to all companies.”

The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)

“If you happen into company where the talk runs into party, obscemty, scandal, folly, or vice of any kind, you had better pass for morose or unsocial, among people whose good opinion is not worth having, than shock your own conscience by joining in conversation which you must disapprove of.”

The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)

“Too much company is worse than none.”

The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)