The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.
—Sir W. Temple.
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Conversation is the music of the mind; an intellectual orchestra, where all the instruments should bear a part, but where none should play together.
—Colton.
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Never argue in society; if any person differs from you, bow, and turn the conversation.
—Beaconsfield.
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I never, with important air,
In conversation overbear.