Yet it is necessary to listen to those who talk, we should give them the time they want, and let them say even senseless things; never contradict or interrupt them; on the contrary, we should enter into their mind and taste, illustrate their meaning, praise anything they say that deserves praise, and let them see we praise more from our choice than from agreement with them.

Place: ¶912
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Yet it is necessary to listen to those who talk, we should give them t… — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims