"The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home."
-William Temple
HomeView Quote
"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 one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.“
-William Temple
posted in Alone
Other Quotes by William Temple
Discover more inspiring quotes by William Temple
"The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit."
-William Temple
TruthView Quote
"The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies."
-William Temple
HumorView Quote
"Man's wisdom is his best friend folly his worst enemy."
-William Temple
WisdomView Quote
"The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor."
-William Temple
FinanceView Quote
"The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit."
-William Temple
HumorView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form."
-John Berger
AloneView Quote
"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone."
-Thomas Carlyle
AloneView Quote
"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."
-George Carlin
AloneView Quote
"I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before."
-Michael Collins
AloneView Quote
"He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason."
-Baruch Spinoza
AloneView Quote
"God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly."
-Paul Valery
AloneView Quote