Schoolmistress reads: “ Prometheus, who had offended the gods, was chained on Mount Caucasus, and a vulture fed every day on his liver.” Tommy : —“ Poor bird ! Didn’t it have any bacon ? ” The secret of good talking is to have something to say, say it well, cut it short, and be ready to listen. The best talker who will not listen is a bore and a nuisance, and so the verdict is given against him every time. To know how to be silent in many languages is a great accomplishment possessed by few.
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Evening Star, Issue 7749, 22 October 1888, Page 4
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