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Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.
Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.
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 about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing.
I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing.
Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in
writing, provided a man would talk to make himself read more
Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in
writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood.
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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.
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.
