The worst-tempered people I've ever met were the people who knew they were wrong.

The worst-tempered people I've ever met were the people who knew they were wrong.

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.

Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.

Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.

Temper is a funny thing; it spoils children, ruins adults, and strengthens steel

Temper is a funny thing; it spoils children, ruins adults, and strengthens steel

My temper leads me to peace and harmony with all men; and it is peculiarly my wish to avoid any read more

My temper leads me to peace and harmony with all men; and it is peculiarly my wish to avoid any personal feuds or dissensions with those, who are embarked in the same great national interest with myself, as every difference of this kind in its conseq

It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it

It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it

Good temper is an estate for life.

Good temper is an estate for life.

It was not that she was out of temper, but that the world was not equal to the demands of read more

It was not that she was out of temper, but that the world was not equal to the demands of her fine organism.

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.