#temper

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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A very intimate sense of the expressiveness of outward things, which ponders, listens, penetrates, where the earlier, less developed consciousness passed lightly by, is an important element in the general temper of our modern poetry. ↗

— Walter Pater

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Health consists with temperance alone. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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I lost my temper on stage. ↗

— Michael Richards

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Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

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The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen the fire of the Italian temperament. It can be explosive sometimes in ways that are both funny and tragic. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

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It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing. ↗

— Warren Christopher

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We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. ↗

— Orson Welles

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It doesn't make a difference what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature. ↗

— Steven Wright

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