Who are next to knaves? Those that converse with them.
We don't talk, we hold forth. We don't converse, we expound.
Many argue; not many converse.
Only when people learn to converse will they begin to be equal.
No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.
Egotists cannot converse, they talk to themselves only.
Many are those who can argue; few are those who can converse
Many can argue - not many converse.
The converse held reassuringly true: daylight was safe. Daylight was always safe.