“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

Ce qui fait que si peu de personnes sont agréables dans la conversation, c'est que chacun songe plus à ce qu'il veut dire qu'à ce que les autres disent.
Réflexions diverses, IV: De la conversation.
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French author of maxims and memoirs 1613–1680

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