You can learn a lot about people by listening to how they talk about other people.

Much more than, say, the car they drive, or where they live, or what they wear, or what they look like.

Listen to how they speak about other human beings.

You can’t draw a complete picture in this way, but you can come to know something about their hearts.

The flip side of this, of course, is knowing that other people can draw conclusions about you too, based on how you talk about others.