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The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, read more
The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.
It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much.
It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much.
Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in read more
Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?
Socrates, you will remember, asked all the important questions - but he never answered any of them
Socrates, you will remember, asked all the important questions - but he never answered any of them
He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers
He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers
A prudent question is one half of wisdom.
A prudent question is one half of wisdom.
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
Conversation is a game of circles.
Conversation is a game of circles.
Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in
writing, provided a man would talk to make himself read more
Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in
writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood.