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Impression Quotes - Page 5

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.

James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (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.45

There is such a thing as the impression of luminosity.

Ludwig Wittgenstein, G. E. M. Anscombe, Linda L. McAlister, Margarete Schättle (2007). “Remarks on Colour/Bemerkungen Uber Die Farben”, Univ of California Press

Promises were a lot like impressions. The second one didn't count for much.

Kristin Hannah (2013). “Kristin Hannah's Coming Home 4-Book Bundle: On Mystic Lake, Summer Island, Distant Shores, Home Again”, p.685, Ballantine Books

the mode of delivering a truth makes, for the most part, as much impression on the mind of the listener as the truth itself.

Frances Wright (1822). “A Few Days in Athens: Being the Translation of a Greek Manuscript Discovered in Herculaneum”, p.21