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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.
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.
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God
in company.
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God
in company.
The Holy Land needs bridges, not walls.
The Holy Land needs bridges, not walls.
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.
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.
Discourse, the sweeter banquet of the mind.
Discourse, the sweeter banquet of the mind.
In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
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.
