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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
With good and gentle-humored hearts
I choose to chat where'er I come
Whate'er the subject be that read more
With good and gentle-humored hearts
I choose to chat where'er I come
Whate'er the subject be that starts.
But if I get among the glum
I hold my tongue to tell the truth
And keep my breath to cool my broth.
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
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.
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.
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 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.
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
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.