Samuel Johnson Quotes About Communication

• I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.

  Samuel Johnson

  Sorry, Communication, Tongue

  In James Boswell 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides' (1785) 18 September 1773

• You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.

  Samuel Johnson

  Communication, Yelling, Voice

• That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm, quiet interchange of sentiments...

  Samuel Johnson

  Communication, Vanity, Competition

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.335

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