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<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/8425/">The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much as possibly we can; to hearken to what is said and to answer to the purpose.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quotes/author/2619/">Franklin, Benjamin</a> on <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quotes/tag/conversation/">conversation</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a>