| Â Â Â | 36. "All the French do is talk." Â Â Â Â Â No nation could exist for a week if all it did was talk. Â Â Â Â Â French men enjoy conversation. They consider it an art. They are on the whole, skillful at it. Â Â Â Â Â We don't prize "good conversation" as much as the French do. Â Â Â Â Â It was the brilliance, charm and imagination of French talk that contributed much to the reputation of Paris as a world center of gaiety. |
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