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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.
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
Conversation is an art in which man has all mankind for competitors.
Conversation is an art in which man has all mankind for competitors.
Conversation is a game of circles.
Conversation is a game of circles.
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.
A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation.
A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation.
I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing.
I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing.
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
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.
