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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.
Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.
Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on 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.
The Holy Land needs bridges, not walls.
The Holy Land needs bridges, not walls.
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.
I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule read more
I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.
With thee conversing I forget the way.
With thee conversing I forget the way.
I never, with important air,
In conversation overbear.
. . . .
My tongue read more
I never, with important air,
In conversation overbear.
. . . .
My tongue within my lips I rein;
For who talks much must talk in vain.
They converse as those who know that God hears.
[Lat., Ita fabulantur ut qui sciant Dominum audire.]
They converse as those who know that God hears.
[Lat., Ita fabulantur ut qui sciant Dominum audire.]
