CONVERSATION
"It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others." -Montaigne.
"One of the best rules in conversation is never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid" -Swift.
"Among well-bred people, a mutual deference is affected; contempt of others disguised authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an easy stream of conversation is maintained, without vehemence, without interruption, without eagerness for victory, and without any airs of superiority." - Hume.
"To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true conversation."
"Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly." Plutarch.
"Great talent for conversation should be accompanied with great politeness. He, who eclipses others owes them great civilities; and what ever mistaken vanity may tell us, it is better to please in conversation than to shine in it.
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