The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next, good sense,
the third, good humor, and the fourth, wit.
-- Sir William Temple
the third, good humor, and the fourth, wit.
-- Sir William Temple
Related:
- Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
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William... - A good old man, sir; he will be talking: as they say,
When the age is in the wit is out. -- William Shakespeare... - Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
--
Sir James Mackintosh (1765... - Cas. Every inordinate cup is unbless'd, and the ingredient is a devil.
Iago. Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature... - Good conversation, like a defensive driver, yields the right of way.
William Walter De... - That good diffused may more abundant grow.
-- William Cowper (1731-1800)
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Conversation, Line... - There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage
a will to learning,
as is praise... - There 's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple:
If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with 't. -- William... - She really wasn't my type -- a hard-looking, untalented reporter for the
local cat-box liner;
but the first second that that third-rate representative...
