Conversation I: Day 191 readings from "Character And Conduct" - July 12

Readings for July 12 from "Character And Conduct: A Book Of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages" selected and arranged for daily reading by Constance M. Whishaw.

"Conversation"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n209/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_193

Authors featured today:

François de La Rochefoucauld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_La_Rochefoucauld_(writer)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe

"H. A." is as yet unidentified.

Image:

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe at age 79
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goethe_(Stieler_1828).jpg