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Conversation is a game of circles.
Conversation is a game of circles.
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.
Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.
Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.
Not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult, to leave unsaid the wrong read more
Not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
A dearth of words a woman need not fear;
But 'tis a task indeed to learn to hear:
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A dearth of words a woman need not fear;
But 'tis a task indeed to learn to hear:
In that the skill of conversation lies;
That shows and makes you both polite and wise.
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books
A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books
Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student.
Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student.
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
