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Twelve Golden Rules
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Golden Rule Number 1.
Avoid unnecessary details.
He: Do you know that what you say always interests me?
She: That is because we are such good comrades.
He: Not altogether. I think that it is because you never dwell upon details.
She: Then, one is interesting in conversation according as one omits details?
He: Unnecessary details.
She: I remember that, when visiting some friends whom I had not seen for several years, my hostess said to me, ''Ever since your arrival, I have been trying to discover why you are so interesting...."
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