#seldom

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

#conversations #dialogue #due #few #good

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#age #business #consult #content #drive

She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it). ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#followed #gave #generally #good #good advice

The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#beings #even #himself #his #man

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least. ↗

— George Chapman

#always #least #like #most #seldom

Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand that the more words they can comprehend about a funny story or a joke, the more they'll enjoy it. ↗

— Brian P. Cleary

#also #ask #because #bored #comprehend

Comics seldom move me the way I would be moved by a novel or movie. ↗

— Daniel Clowes

#i #me #move #moved #movie

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#health #known #like #lost #seldom

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#even #friends #instruct #learn #our

The cautious seldom err. ↗