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Form'd by thy converse, happily steer
From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
Form'd by thy converse, happily steer
From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
Conversation is an art in which man has all mankind for competitors.
Conversation is an art in which man has all mankind for competitors.
With thee conversing I forget all time:
All seasons and their change, all please alike.
With thee conversing I forget all time:
All seasons and their change, all please alike.
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.
With thee conversing I forget the way.
With thee conversing I forget the way.
And when you stick on conversation's burs,
Don't strew your pathway with those dreadful urs.
And when you stick on conversation's burs,
Don't strew your pathway with those dreadful urs.
Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.
Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.
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.
In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
