[speaker001:] I seldom heard the quarreling of her children.
[speaker002:] Why do you say that?
[speaker001:] Because her children have been the age when they seem to quarrel all day long.
[speaker002:] Oh, I see. She told me that she had learned very quickly how to pour oil on troubled waters, but not to pour oil on the flame.
[speaker001:] She is a clever mother.