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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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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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William Temple
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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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William Temple
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Humor
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People of humor are always in some degree people of genius. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Sense of humor is important in life, not just in clothing. How boring to live a life in beige. – Jean Pigozzi

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Humor

If I have not seen as far as others, it is because there were giants standing on my shoulders. – Harold Abelson

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Humor

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquillity. – James Thurber

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Humor

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War is a contagion. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Natures great masterpiece, an elephant the only harmless great thing. – John Donne

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