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    Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood

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The Holy Land needs bridges, not walls.

The Holy Land needs bridges, not walls.

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Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student.

Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student.

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There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the read more

There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation.

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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.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Conversation Quotes,
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In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.

In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.

by John Byrom Found in: Conversation Quotes,
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Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.

by Anna Jameson Found in: Conversation Quotes,
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Discourse, the sweeter banquet of the mind.

Discourse, the sweeter banquet of the mind.

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Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of
existence.

Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of
existence.

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Do you ever think if people heard our conversations they'd lock us up?" All the time.

Do you ever think if people heard our conversations they'd lock us up?" All the time.

by Wendy Mass Found in: Conversation Quotes,
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