best quotations about
Socializing |
and Affiliations
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Quotations
 | If you wish to be popular in society consent to be taught many things you already know. — Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat 26 likes |
 | Avoid teams at all cost. Keep your circle small. Never join a group that has a name. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 14 likes |
| One great thing about getting old is that you can get out of all sorts of social obligations just by saying you’re too tired. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 12 likes |
 | In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. — Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer 11 likes |
 | We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink. — Epicurus, 341-270 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 9 likes |
 | Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. — Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794, English historian 9 likes |
 | I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone. — Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet 8 likes |
| To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf. — Epicurus, 341-270 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 6 likes |
 | It is better to be alone than in bad company. — George Washington, 1732-1799, the first American President 5 likes |
 | If it's heaven for climate, it's hell for company. — James Barrie, 1860-1937, English writer 5 likes |
 | My social life is much better, since I stopped spending it with other people. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist 5 likes |
 | The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 4 likes |
 | Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 4 likes |
 | Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties. — Barbara Walters, 1929-2022, American TV journalist 4 likes |
 | There is no more important rule of conduct in the world than this: attach yourself as much as you can to people who are abler than you and yet not so very different that you cannot understand them. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims 4 likes |
| Take the tone of the company you are in. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 3 likes |
 | He that lies down with dogs shall rise up with fleas. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 3 likes |
 | Rascals are always sociable — more’s the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others’ company. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 3 likes |
 | I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumours to my dogs. — Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, American artist 3 likes |
 | I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. — Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, American poet 3 likes |
 | At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. — Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965, British writer 2 likes |
 | Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 2 likes |
 | Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
 | Country acquaintances are charming only in the country and only in the summer. In the city, in winter, they lose half of their appeal. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 2 likes |
 | A man tells you the most interesting things he knows during the first half hour he talks to you; after that, he either repeats himself or offers you variations of the same theme. — Pitigrilli (Dino Segre), 1893-1975, Italian writer 2 likes |
 | Good times are always mutual; that is what makes good times. — Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet 2 likes |
 | I don’t feel guilt at being unsociable, though I may sometimes regret it because my loneliness is painful. But when I move into the world, it feels like a moral fall – like seeking love in a whorehouse. — Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist 2 likes |
 | I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 2 likes |
 | Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ The Tempest 2 likes |
 | Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone. |
 | The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them. |
 | The composition of each epoch depends upon the way the frequented roads are frequented. |
 | I am a citizen of the world, known to all and to all a stranger. |
 | In the end there is no desire so deep as the simple desire for companionship. |
 | Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness. |
 | He consorted with prostitutes and poets...and with persons even worse. |
 | Lying is the oxygen of social breathing. — Maurice Chapelan, 1906-1992, French author of maxims & journalist |
 | Old people, with other old people, are not so old. |
 | Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone. — Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976 |
 | It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell. |
 | I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his collection. Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me. |
| People empty me. I have to get away to refill. |
Ancient Greek
 | Always avoid the company of a vicious man. Ανδρός πονηρού φεύγε συνοδίαν αεί. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 6 likes |
 | Yes, that, too is sad: To have to join company with fools! Και τούτο λυπρόν: συνασοφείν τοις μη σοφοίς. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian 4 likes |
| If you associate with bad people, you will also become bad. Κακοίς ομιλών καυτός εκβήσει κακός. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 4 likes |
Proverbs
 | Two are embarrassed: the fool in the company of wise men and the wise man in the company of fools. 7 likes |
 | Those who resemble each other, assemble together Qui se ressemble, s'assemble. 4 likes |
 | Two's company, but three's a crowd. 4 likes |
