"Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours."

Colby, Frank Moore on Temper
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"A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion."

Cowper, William on Temper
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"A lady of what is commonly called an uncertain temper -- a phrase which being interpreted signifies a temper tolerably certain to make everybody more or less uncomfortable."

Dickens, Charles on Temper
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"It was not that she was out of temper, but that the world was not equal to the demands of her fine organism."

Eliot, George on Temper
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"Men lose their tempers in defending their taste."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Temper
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"Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features."

Hazlitt, William on Temper
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"Good temper is an estate for life."

Hazlitt, William on Temper
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"A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."

Irving, Washington on Temper
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"The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on Temper
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"The worst-tempered people I've ever met were the people who knew they were wrong."

Mizner, Addison on Temper
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"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."

Penn, William on Temper
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"I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn't irascible."

Pound, Ezra on Temper
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"Take care; you know I am compliance itself, when I am not thwarted! No one more easily led, when I have my own way; but don't put me in a frenzy."

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley on Temper
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"When you're in the right, you can afford to keep your temper. When in the wrong, you can't afford to lose it."

Unknown, Source on Temper
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"Most people give off as much heat as a 100 watt bulb, but not as much light."

Unknown, Source on Temper
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"Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act according with the dictates of reason."

Wilde, Oscar on Temper
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