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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.
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
They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with read more
They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.
A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with read more
A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
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.
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.
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.