The reason that there are so few good conversationalists is that most people are thinking about what they are going to say and not about what the others are saying. (François de La Rochefoucauld)

The reason that there are so few good conversationalists is that most people are thinking about what they are going to say and not about what the others are saying.

François de La Rochefoucauld

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