“Grief never mended no broken bones, and as good people’s wery scarce, what I says is, make the most on ’em.”
Scenes, Ch. 22 : Gin-Shops
Sketches by Boz (1836-1837)
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Statement about children, as quoted in Enter, Conversing (1962) by Clifton Fadiman, p. 108

The Hollow Flute, from "Voices Within The Ark" Howard Schwartz, Jewish Poets, [ISBN 978-0380761098].

Ce qui fait que si peu de personnes sont agréables dans la conversation, c'est que chacun songe plus à ce qu'il veut dire qu'à ce que les autres disent.
Réflexions diverses, IV: De la conversation.
Later Additions to the Maxims