Quotes with talkers

  • Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists - talkers who mistake the description for the thing, saying for having.

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  • Truman Capote A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
    Truman Capote
    American writer (1924 - 1984)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Plautus Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.
    Plautus
    Roman comic poet (250 - 184)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists - talkers who mistake the description for the thing, saying for having.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Lillian Hellman They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.
    Lillian Hellman
    American playwright (1905 - 1984)
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