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

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The Good Humor man can only be pushed so far. – Nancy Cartwright

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Melancholy men are of all others the most witty. – Aristotle

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I visited Jobs for the last time in his Palo Alto, Calif., home. He had moved to a downstairs bedroom because he was too weak to go up and down stairs. He was curled up in some pain, but his mind was still sharp and his humor vibrant. – Walter Isaacson

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