#tempe

On October 28th, 1887, I became the mother of a girl baby, the very image of its father, at least that is what he said, but who has the temper of its mother. ↗

— Calamity Jane

#became #father #girl #i #image

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#long #remedy #short #temper #walk

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#fate #fools #perhaps #sign #temperament

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#company #crowd #digestion #even #exercised

So, what you're saying is that I bring out your book - wielding, short tempered side?" He hooked his foot through the straps of my backpack and brought in front of him. "Removing temptation." I gave him a look that communicated he should wither and die. ↗

— Lani Woodland

#temper #communication

Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age. ↗

— Lactantius

#age #controls #delights #memory #old

When the tempest rages, when the thunders roar, and the lightnings blaze around us it is then that the truly brave man stands firm at his post. ↗

— Luther Martin

#blaze #brave #brave man #firm #his

Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more. ↗

— Hector Hugh Munro

#children #grow #know #merely #more

It is, from another angle, an attack on requiring proof in philosophy. And it's also the case, I guess, that my temperament is to like interesting, new, bold ideas, and to try and generate them. ↗

— Robert Nozick

#angle #another #attack #bold #case

What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects. ↗

— Walter Pater

#beautiful #beauty #being #certain #correct