I often quote myself; it adds spice to my conversation.
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A dearth of words a woman need not fear; But 't is a task indeed to learn to hear: In that the skill of conversation lies; That shows or makes you both polite and wise.
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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, 'there is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.' A well bred woman may easily and effectually promote the most useful and elegant conversation without speaking a word. The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.
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It's all right to hold a conversation, but you should let go of it now and then.
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
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Don't knock the weather; nine tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.
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Don't knock the weather nine tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.
A recent conversation: Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing! Cheney: That's the second hand, George.
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People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.
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In conversation boldness now bears sway, But know, that nothing can so foolish be As empty boldness.
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True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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There isnt much better in this life than finding a way to spend a few hours in conversation with people you respect and love. You have to carve this time out of your life because you arent really living without it.
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Today we may face some boring task or idle conversation that feels like a complete waste of time. Perhaps next week or next year we'll understand that nothing is wasted, that in the economy of our universe even a weed is simply a flower whose use has yet to be discovered.
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Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation what are they They are the happiest people in the world.
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Don't knock the weather; ninetenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.
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The irrepressible spirit that made his playing seem like good conversation is the Rubinstein legacy for pianists, if they can pick up their heads from the keyboard long enough to claim it.
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I love America because America trusts me. When I go into a shop to buy a pair of shoes I am not asked to produce my Identity Card. I love it because my mail is not censored. My phone is not tapped. My conversation with friends is not reported to the secret police.
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So different are the colours of life, as we look forward to the future, or backward to the past and so different the opinions and sentiments which this contrariety of appearance naturally produces, that the conversation of the old and young ends generally with contempt or pity on either side.
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Silence is one great art of conversation.
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Argument is the worst sort of conversation.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Silence makes the real conversation between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing to say is what counts.
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Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
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If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.
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Whether talking about addiction, taxation [on cigarettes] or education [about smoking], there is always at the center of the conversation an essential conundrum: How come we?re selling this deadly stuff anyway?
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