Stranger: Are not thought and speech the same, with this exception, that what is called thought is the unuttered conversation of the soul with herself? Theatetus: Quite true. Stranger: But the stream of thought which flows through the lips and is audible is called speech? Theatetus: True. Stranger: And we know that there exists in speech. Theatetus: What exists? Stranger: Affirmation. Theatetus: Yes, we know it.
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When considering marriage one should ask oneself this question; “will I be able to talk with this person into old age?” Everything else is transitory; the most time is spent in conversation.
The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts.
But all day long I would be training myself to think, to understand, to criticize, to know myself; I was seeking for the absolute truth: this preoccupation did not exactly encourage polite conversation.
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
