#temper

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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

— Frank Moore Colby

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Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness. ↗

— Stephen Fry

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There are a range of associated impacts related to increasing temperatures which affect both evaporation rates and river systems, which are already over stressed, and these will hit farming communities and the health of crop lands. ↗

— Peter Garrett

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I wasn't really a performer by temperament. ↗

— Tom Lehrer

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Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace. ↗

— Josh McDowell

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God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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