Quote#Wisdom
The pith of conversation does not consist in exhibiting your own…
Quote byWalter Scott · 1771–1832
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Quentin Durward (1823), Introduction.
English (original)
The pith of conversation does not consist in exhibiting your own superior knowledge on matters of small consequence, but in enlarging, improving, and correcting the information you possess, by the authority of others.
— Walter Scott
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