The real art of conversation

Indonesia
February 22, 2007 9:46pm CST
Lady Dorothy Nevill said that "The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment" Have u ever said some things that they should remain unsaid??
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@ajinomoto23 (1057)
• Philippines
23 Feb 07
God bless my tongue, that will use it to edify my neighbors. That it hard to keep. I prefer to shout and say bad things when I am angry. Yes, regrets is always at the last. Fight and flight seems to be a trap in my life. I missed many good things - when you can be their friends than their enemies. There are people who do not want that you will tell them the truth about things. They prefer that you agree and cooperate even things are wrong. Let us live in error and be together than fight for what is right and be separated. Which do you prefer?
@Perry2007 (2229)
• Philippines
23 Feb 07
Lady Dorothy is correct, If there are times you are tempted to say words that should be unsaid, leave it. Sometimes however, when in anger...a tempting moment... those words that are supposed to be unsaid, just run down our thoughts and out to our tongue. It happens to me sometimes.
• Philippines
23 Feb 07
Yes, I agree with these lines. The problem that one will have to cope here will be how to hold oneself during the tempting moment. It takes so much effort and discipline to contain the words which are blazing to get out of one's mouth. To complement those lines, there's another popular one which goes 'If you have nothing good to say, you'd better not say it.' Saying the wrong words will surely earn the ire of one unto whom it was directed.
@MrSmitty (47)
• United States
23 Feb 07
YES!!! Unforunately :^( Thank You for posting that quote ... that's very cool, and great words of wisdom to live by. Many times, well, maybe not THAT many, but there have been times that I've said things that although were / are very true, I still probably should have just kept to myself and not expressed. I'm learning though ;^)