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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.

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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.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Temper Quotes,
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Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.

Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Temper Quotes,
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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.

by George Eliot Found in: Temper Quotes, World Quotes,
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He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any read more

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances

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Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

by James Matthew Barrie Found in: Temper Quotes,
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Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

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

by William Hazlitt Found in: Temper Quotes,
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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.

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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.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Temper Quotes,
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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

by George Washington Found in: Temper Quotes,
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