Who said "Silence is one of the great arts of conversation."?

This quote is attributed to René Descartes.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. - René Descartes

"Silence is one of the great arts of conversation."

René Descartes Solitude

Philosopher and Mathematician French 1596–1650

"I think, therefore I am."

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."

"The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues."

"Doubt is the key to knowledge."

"Sometimes being the best means being the loneliest."

"Solitude gives us time to reflect on what matters"

"I'm not good with people, never have been."

"I feel like I'm disappearing."