
the art of conversation, which, indeed, consists of the exercise of two fine qualities. You must originate, and you must sympathise; you must possess at the same time the habit of communicating and the habit of listening. The union is rather rare, but irresistible.
A new key to the characters in Coningsby - página 287 http://books.google.com.br/books?id=ud0DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA287, Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield), W. Strange, 1844