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Directory of Mark Twain's maxims, quotations, and various opinions:

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CONVERSATION

War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull.
- Life on the Mississippi

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He had a good memory, and a tongue hung in the middle. This a combination which gives immortality to conversation.
- Roughing It
Sam spinning yarns in conversation
Illustration from St. Nicholas, February 1916

 

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