#temper

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

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You seem in England to be entirely ignorant of the temper of our people. ↗

— Peter Oliver

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Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. ↗

— George Orwell

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A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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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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I was very shy when I was younger. But I did have a terrible temperament. I would get angry very quickly, but the rest of the time I was this big goofball, playing the drums in a band and making out with girls. ↗

— Jeremy Renner

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I lost my temper on stage. ↗

— Michael Richards

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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. ↗

— Tim Robbins

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