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Six principles for conversation:

1) Avoid company where it is not profitable or necessary, and on those occasions, speak little, and last.

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2) Silence is wisdom, where speaking is folly; and always safe.

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3) Some are so foolish as to interrupt and anticipate those that speak, instead of hearing and thinking before they answer, which is uncivil, as well as silly.

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4) If you think twice before you speak once, you will speak twice the better for it.

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5) Better to say nothing, than not to the purpose. And to speak pertinently, consider both what is fit, and when it is fit to speak.

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6) In all debates, let truth be your aim, not victory or unjust interest; endeavour to gain, rather than to expose your critic.

In summary: never speak without thinking!

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Credited to William Penn, founder of the British colony of Pennsylvania in 1677 (the U.S. state of Pennsylvania is named in his honour).

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