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Emily Post1 quote
Ideal conversation is an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory. — Emily Post · 1922John Milton1 quote
With thee conversing I forget all time. — John Milton · 1667P.G. Wodehouse1 quote
What with excellent browsing and sluicing and cheery conversation and what-not, the afternoon passed quite happily. — P.G. Wodehouse · 1916Plato1 quote
For what should a man live, if not for the pleasures of discourse? — Plato · 370 BCWilliam Hazlitt1 quote
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. — William Hazlitt · 1819