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Temper Quotes


"I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps."



"We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority."


"Few artists can afford artistic temperament."


"I have a temper on me that could hold back tides."


"I've struggled so hard to reign in my temper because it actually terrifies me."


"It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it."


"I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way."


"I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman."


"One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end."


"Why was it that her temper and her thinking never happened at the same time? Her temper behaved like a glutton sitting in an expensive restaurant ordering a hundred dishes, only to disappear when the bill came due. It left her lucid mind to do dishes."


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