“Usually speaking, the worst-bred person in company is a young traveller just returned from abroad.”
Source: The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin
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“111 company is like a dog, who dirts those most whom he loves best.”
Source: The works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...: With the author's life and character; notes, historical, critical, and explanatory; tables of contents, and indexes. More complete than any preceding edition ... Accurately corrected by the best editions
Source: The Works. Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published. With Memoir of the Author, by Thomas Roscoe
“A fig for your bill of fare; show me your bill of company.”
Source: The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published ... With Memoir of the Author
“Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy, is the best bred man in company.”
Source: Works: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers Not Hitherto Published
“I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.”
“Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.”