| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 45062 |
| QUOTATION: | Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Emily Post (18731960), U.S. hostess. Etiquette, ch. 6 (1922). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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