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    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.

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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.

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The Holy Land needs bridges, not walls.

The Holy Land needs bridges, not walls.

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They converse as those who know that God hears.
[Lat., Ita fabulantur ut qui sciant Dominum audire.]

They converse as those who know that God hears.
[Lat., Ita fabulantur ut qui sciant Dominum audire.]

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Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of
existence.

Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of
existence.

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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.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Conversation Quotes,
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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.

by Mark Twain Found in: Conversation Quotes,
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But conversation, choose what theme we may,
And chiefly when religion leads the way,
Should flow, like read more

But conversation, choose what theme we may,
And chiefly when religion leads the way,
Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs,
Not as if raised by mere mechanic powers.

by William Cowper Found in: Conversation Quotes,
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Conversation is a game of circles.

Conversation is a game of circles.

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Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner
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Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner
does he take a pen in his hand, than it becomes a torpedo to him,
and benumbs all his faculties.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Conversation Quotes,
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