More quotations tagged with “conversation”
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.
—Jonathan Swift
Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
—George Bernard Shaw
To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks more of what he intends to say than of what others are saying, and listens no more when he himself has a chance to speak.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld