#tempered

Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge! ↗

— William Hague

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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin. ↗

— Tacitus

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I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism. ↗

— William Hague

#i #idealism #realism #tempered #thought

To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished. ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

#barely #been #each #finished #firmly

The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong. ↗

— David Letterman

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A theory must be tempered with reality. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

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Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#been #bitter #born #century #disciplined

I had a vague idea of the song's impact in the '60s, but that was tempered by the hate mail and threats I was receiving. It was only about ten years ago, when I finally put it back in my show because so many people were asking for it, that I understood 'Society's Child' real impact. ↗

— Janis Ian

#ago #asking #back #because #child

Lovemaking is more than sex, it's a connecting of hearts, meeting of minds, & touching of souls." ~ Dr. Scott Hensley ↗

— Pamela S. Thibodeaux

#contemporary-christian-fiction #contemporary-western-romance #cowboy-romance #inspirational-with-an-edge #pamela-s-thibodeaux

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

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