More From William Temple
- "The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit."
- "The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child’s home."
- "The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies."
More In Wisdom
- "We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace."― Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- "Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom."― George William Curtis
- "America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure."― Toby Young