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.
James Nathan Miller
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Dorothy Nevill
A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That`s why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
Truman Capote
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood
William Shakespeare
The difficulty with this conversation is that it`s very different from most of the ones I`ve had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.
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