#tempe

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

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There was a Republican majority of the Senate, and it tempered the nature of the nominations being made. ↗

— Spencer Abraham

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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. ↗

— Aristotle

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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action. ↗

— Aristotle

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Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures. ↗

— Aristotle

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As the war on terrorism spreads and prolongs, the fruits of ending the threat of terrorism around the world will be tempered with a whole new series of problems to be addressed and resolved. ↗

— Charles Foster Bass

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When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

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Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment. ↗

— James Gould Cozzens

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A lot of life is dealing with your curse, dealing with the cards you were given that aren't so nice. Does it make you into a monster, or can you temper it in some way, or accept it and go in some other direction? ↗

— Wes Craven

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