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He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding:
But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Prov 14:29
Whoever has no rule over his own spirit
Is like a city broken down, without walls.
Prov 25:28
Bad temper bites at both ends. It makes one's self nearly as
miserable as it does other people.
Good temper oils the wheels of life.
Temper is a revelation of an unloving nature at bottom.
H. Drummond
He submits to be seen through a microscope who suffers himself
to be caught in a passion.
Lavater
Good temper, like a sunny day, sheds a brightness over
everything; it is the sweetener of toil and the soother of
disquietude.
Washington Irving
If a man has a quarrelsome temper, let him alone. The world
will soon find him employment. He will soon meet with someone
stronger than himself, who will repay him better than you can.
A man may fight duels all his life, if he is disposed to
quarrel.
Cecil
Men who have had a great deal of experience learn not to lose
their tempers.
V. Cherbuliez
Those who are surly and imperious to their inferiors are
generally humble, flattering, and cringing to their superiors.
Fuller
Temper, if ungoverned, governs the whole man.
Shaftesbury
Good temper is the most contented, the most comfortable state
of the soul; the greatest happiness both for those who possess
it, and for those who feel its influence. With "gentleness" in
his own character, "comfort" in his house, and "good temper" in
his wife, the earthly felicity of man is complete.
Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than
to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his
victim.
Charles Buxton
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