"Mr Pitt conceives his sentences before he utters them. Mr Fox throws himself into the middle of his, and leaves it to God Almighty to get him out again."

Richard Porson (1759 to 1808), quoted by Samuel Rogers in Tabletalk and Recollections.

Well put. I know a few such Pitts, and many such Foxes. And I have been Pitt and Fox myself.

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Richard Porson (1759 - 1808) offers wisdom on Fediverse etiquette. Samuel Rogers in his Tabletalks and Recollections (1859) quotes this:

"Had I a carriage, and did I see a well-dressed person on the road, I would always invite him in, and learn of him what I could."

Clearly:
- "carriage" = "my Fedi account";
- "well-dressed person" = "a pleasant Fedi participant";
- "invite him in" = "boost their posts and follow their account".

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