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

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Topic

Good conversation Conversation Communication

Author

Emily Post

Source

Etiquette

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

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Writer

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United States

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Citation

Post, Emily. Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home. Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1922.

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Time
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Original Citation

Proust, Marcel. La Prisonnière [The Prisoner]. Paris: Gallimard, 1923.

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