Quote by William Temple
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense

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

Other quotes by William Temple

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all. – William Temple

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

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Home
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility. – James Thurber

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Humor

Humor is laughing at what you havent got when you ought to have it. – Langston Hughes

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Humor

Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony. – Lionel Trilling

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Humor

We dont appreciate the value of humor sometimes. – Janet Evanovich

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One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret – how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether thats even possible, interested me. – Ian Mcewan

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Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on. – George Santayana

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