The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you. – Jean De La Bruyere Category: Conversation
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. Colossians 4:6 – Bible Category: Conversation
The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another mans observation, not overturning it. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton Category: Conversation
When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime. – Josh Billings Category: Conversation
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are. – Charles Caleb Colton Category: alone
An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it. – Elbert Hubbard Category: Miracles