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.

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.

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