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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. 
 They would talk of nothing but high life and high-lived company, 
with other fashionable topics, such as pictures, taste, read more 
 They would talk of nothing but high life and high-lived company, 
with other fashionable topics, such as pictures, taste, 
Shakespeare, and the musical glasses. 
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.
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.
 Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of 
existence.  
 Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of 
existence. 
Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.
Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.
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.
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.
 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God 
in company.  
 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God 
in company.