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> [A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/a-man-s-wisdom-is-his-best-friend-folly-his-worst-enemy/)

[William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/)

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## More by William Temple

> [Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your gifts. It means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/humility-does-not-mean-thinking-less-of-yourself-than-other-people/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/our-present-time-is-indeed-a-criticizing-and-critical-time-hovering/)

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> [There is no structural organization of society which can bring about the coming of the Kingdom of God on earth since all systems can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/there-is-no-structural-organization-of-society-which-can-bring-about/)

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> [Christianity founds hospitals and atheists are cured in them, never knowing they owe their cure to Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/christianity-founds-hospitals-and-atheists-are-cured-in-them-never/)

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> [The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/the-only-way-for-a-rich-man-to-be-healthy-is-by-exercise-and/)

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> [Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/learning-passes-for-wisdom-among-those-who-want-both/)

[William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/)

> [A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/a-man-s-wisdom-is-his-best-friend-folly-his-worst-enemy/)

[William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/)

> [The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/the-first-ingredient-in-conversation-is-truth-the-next-good-sense-the/)

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> [We shall say without hesitation that the atheist who is moved by love is moved by the Spirit of God; an atheist who lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/we-shall-say-without-hesitation-that-the-atheist-who-is-moved-by-love/)

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> [There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/there-cannot-live-a-more-unhappy-creature-than-an-ill-natured-old-man/)

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> [“It is a great mistake to think that God is chiefly concerned with our being religious.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/it-is-a-great-mistake-to-think-that-god-is-chiefly-concerned-with-our/)

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> [It is sometimes said that conduct is supremely important and worship helps it. The truth is that worship is supremely important and conduct tests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/it-is-sometimes-said-that-conduct-is-supremely-important-and-worship/)

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> [People that trust wholly to other's charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/people-that-trust-wholly-to-other-s-charity-and-without-industry-of/)

[William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/)

> [Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/books-like-proverbs-receive-their-chief-value-from-the-stamp-and/)

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> [Science has its being in a perpetual mental restlessness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/science-has-its-being-in-a-perpetual-mental-restlessness/)

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