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

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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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"Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves."

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"When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over."

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