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

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Home
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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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Beauty
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Humor
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Wit – the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. – Ambrose Bierce

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Humor

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it. – Bill Cosby

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Humor

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots. – Steve Allen

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Humor

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion. – Thomas Browne

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Humor

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