#temper

As to the advantages of temperance in the training of the armed forces and of its benefits to the members of the forces themselves, there can be no doubt in the world. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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Few would venture to deny the advantages of temperance in increasing the efficiency of a nation at war. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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Temperance is essential, if the services of men and women are to be employed to the best and most useful effect according, to the physical capacity and ability of each. Nothing less will assure a total effort. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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There can be little doubt that absence from work, and inefficient work, are frequently due to intemperance. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

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It was an amazing performer. Very temperamental, it spent a lot of time in its trailer. ↗

— Tilda Swinton

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Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old! ↗

— May Sarton

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O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad! ↗

— William Shakespeare

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Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

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