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The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.
The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.
Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.
Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act according with the dictates of read more
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act according with the dictates of reason.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates read more
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our read more
It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves.
So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.
So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the read more
Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.
Good temper is an estate for life.
Good temper is an estate for life.