A word fifty spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver-Proverbs of Solomon.
 

An ideal conversation has always fascinated man and this fascination dates to 4000 years ago,when children in Egypt were copying rules on conversation from a book called”The instructions of path-Hotel”.It is spoken of as”the oldest book in the world” as it was composed sometimes between 3000 and 2500 BC by a high official of the Egypt ion government.

The ancient Greeks  excelled  in conversations,and the greatest talker of them all was the philosopher a Socrates,with them.His most famous pupil,Plato,recorded some of the supposed conversations in”The Dialogues”.

In London in the 17Th century,the coffee Houses wee centres in intelligent and witty conversation,particularly Will’s coffee House in Convent Garden,where the poet John,Dryden and his friends gathered.This traditions of the London coffee houses was carried on in the succeeding age by Dr.Samuel Johnson and his companions.

Conversation is generally considered to have reached its greatest height,however in 18Th century France.At the houses of various talented women in Parr is,leaders in art,science philosophy,polities and literature assembled regularly for dinners,suppers of receptions and engaged in brilliant conversation.

Talk and Conversation

Much has been written on the art of conversation and it is interesting how much alike the thoughts about it have been through the centuries.Nearly all commentators have stressed the difference between great talkers and great conversational lists.Inexpressible talkers kill  conversation and exhaust those they are With.

A meaningful conversation should head in a general direction.It need not to be clearly plotted.It should be kept gracefully from drifting away.

Some people go to the opposite extreme.They try too hard to say things in a different way and their talk sounds forced.Folks like thee must outgrow their over eagerness to be original.Still another launch is those who try to moralize.It would be better off if we were not one.

Then there are those who must outdo any story or statement children begin by boosting that their houses are larger,their fathers are more important than those of their friends.As they get older,they m,may, Little less rudely.Leave off “That nothing”,Yes,I am sure that was inter sting,they say hastily as another finishes a story,then add,but you ought to hear what happened to me on my vacations”.If one joke is told,they must try to tell a funnier one.