"Such is the active power of good temperament! Great sweetness of temper neutralizes such vast amounts of acid."
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"Of all thieves, fools are the worst; they rob you of time and temper."
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"Alas, for the effects of bad tea and bad temper!"
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"Don't lose your temper; use it."
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"Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout."
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"I keep my good health by having a very bad temper, kept under good control."
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"If you don't control your temper, your temper will control you."
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"Anger is the ultimate troublemaker. I feel you can express a strong disapproval or dislike of an object without losing your temper."
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"It is a bad temper of mind that takes delight in opposition."
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"Everyone has a temper. A temper is an emotion."
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"Let us do nothing through passion and ill temper."
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"Oftener than not the old are uncontrollable; Their tempers make them difficult to deal with."
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"To lose your temper is only useful once a year."
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"I can be very passionate but I also have a bit of a hot temper - when pushed."
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"I don't have a problem with my temper."
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"The wise man never loses his temper."
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"You can only have a war with another country. You can't have a war with bad temper or a war against paranoids."
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"Why, what a temper you are in!"
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"I continually remind myself to live by a code. It's very important to me. I've got a bad temper."
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"Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and who deserve some regard, though of too still and composed tempers for you."
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