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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.

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.

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

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 according with the dictates of reason.

Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.

When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us.

They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.

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.

Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.

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

A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Good temper is an estate for life.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.