Dialogues Concerning Education (1745) [ Concepts / Practices ]
… Far be it from me, Madam, to defend any kind of Imposition on your Sex; but methinks, it were too rigid to weigh, with a critical Exactness, every gay and complaisant thing, that is said by us in the Company of the Ladies. Conversation … above the Truth. Cleora. The End of Conversation, as I take it, is to be understood, and to exchange Sentiments with one another for mutual Instruction and Pleasure; but if we make it only a Conveyance of Lies, and Circulation of Fraud, we render it not only useless, but also hurtful. And pray, Sir ! may we not be honest without being rude and offensive? Nay, may we not be polite and agreeable, without polishing our selves out of our old …
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