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Modest egotism is the salt of conversation you do not want too much of it, but if it is altogether omitted, everything tastes flat.

Henry Van Dyke

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Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
Diplomat
Poet
Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
Salt
Conversation
Omitted
Taste
Egotism
Everything
Tastes
Much
Altogether
Flat
Flats
Modest

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