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 There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked 
about, and that is not being talked read more 
 There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked 
about, and that is not being talked about. 
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
 Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes 
of those who diffuse it; it proves read more 
 Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes 
of those who diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of 
the smoker. 
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
 A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better 
than ten years' study of books.  
 A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better 
than ten years' study of books. 
 Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a 
sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the read more 
 Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a 
sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the 
moment both themselves and their auditors. 
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
 His conversation does not show the minute hand; but he strikes 
the hour very correctly.  
 His conversation does not show the minute hand; but he strikes 
the hour very correctly.