"The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit."

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Source : Sir William Temple (1720). “The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart. ...: Observations upon the United Provinces of the Netherlands. Miscellanea. Memoirs. The third part. From the peace concluded 1679, to the time of the author's retirement from publick business. Memoirs ... from ... 1672, to 1679”, p.311

William Temple

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“If you lost your way, just ask somebody. If you lost your dream, just close your eyes again. And some day you will blossom, with your hands wide spread to the sun.”
“Hearing is believing...a magician with the piano.”
“I tend to go to the theater a lot. Ive always loved it.”
“Dog's just want to sniff an ***** and eat some food.”
“It is good to divert our sorrow for other things to the root of all, which is sin. Let our grief run most in that channel, that as sin bred grief, so grief may consume sin.”
“Often we need to use policy to level the playing field, or to be sure that a technology is managed in a responsible way.”
“Don't follow the path. Go where there is no path and start a trail”
“'Elections have consequences,' President Obama said, setting his new policy agenda just three days after taking office in 2009. Three elections later, the president's party has lost 70 House seats and 14 Senate seats. The job of Republicans now is to govern with the confidence that elections do have consequences, promptly passing the conservative reform the voters have demanded.”

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