"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."
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"The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit."
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"The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's 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."
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"The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor."
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