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Quote by William Temple
The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear m

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust ones own opinions, and value others that deserve it. – William Temple

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The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a childs home. – William Temple

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The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. – William Temple

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You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill. – William Temple

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Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way. – Rosa Parks

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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems. – Elie Wiesel

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I dont think I ever got the hang of the writers room. I love collaborating with people, but I really do my best work alone, and I think I would want to – if I did something again, I think Id want to take total ownership the way Aaron Sorkin or David Kelley does. – Diablo Cody

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The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble. – Lajos Kossuth

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If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done. – Dale Carnegie

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Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him? – Blaise Pascal, quoted by Tolstoy in Bethink Yourselves

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