“ They have a notion, that when people are met together, a short silence does much improve conversation: this I found to be true; for during those little intermissions of talk, new ideas would arise in their minds, which very much enlivened the discourse. ”
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (1726). copy citation
Author | Jonathan Swift |
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Source | Gulliver's Travels |
Topic | silence ideas conversation |
Date | 1726 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/829/829-h/829-h.htm |