Walter Isaacson Quote
The other sins on his list were, in order: seeming uninterested, speaking too much about your own life, prying for personal secrets (an unpardonable rudeness), telling long and pointless stories (old folks are most subject to this error, which is one chief reason their company is so often shunned), contradicting or disputing someone directly, ridiculing or railing against things except in small witty doses (it’s like salt, a little of which in some cases gives relish, but if thrown on by handfuls spoils all), and spreading scandal (though he would later write lighthearted defenses of gossip).
Walter Isaacson
The other sins on his list were, in order: seeming uninterested, speaking too much about your own life, prying for personal secrets (an unpardonable rudeness), telling long and pointless stories (old folks are most subject to this error, which is one chief reason their company is so often shunned), contradicting or disputing someone directly, ridiculing or railing against things except in small witty doses (it’s like salt, a little of which in some cases gives relish, but if thrown on by handfuls spoils all), and spreading scandal (though he would later write lighthearted defenses of gossip).
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