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

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Home
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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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Humility
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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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Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and its true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair. – Wentworth Miller

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Someone once defined humor as a way to keep from killing yourself. I keep my sense of humor and I stay alive. – Abe Burrows

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My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony. – Maurice Sendak

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Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time. – Suzanne Fields

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But no, I dont really like romantic comedies, so I dont really care. I never go see em. – John Cusack

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People are famous for being famous and for nothing else. And good luck to them, because it lasts about a year and then theyre nothing again. – Brian Johnson

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Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever. – Samuel Smiles

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