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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

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The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies. – William Temple

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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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If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain. – William Howard Taft

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The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons. – David Sedaris

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If youre that hypersensitive about color and dont have a sense of humor, dont marry out of your race. – Laura Schlessinger

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Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives. – Robert Collier

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