• The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.

  Francois de la Rochefoucauld
  French writer 1613-1680
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. conversation
2. thinking
3. intends
4. others
5. saying

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The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying. by : Francois de la Rochefoucauld

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