temper

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1e73467	I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I believe, too little yielding-- certainly too little for the convenience of the world. I cannot forget the follies and vices of other so soon as I ought, nor their offenses against myself. My feelings are not puffed about with every attempt to move them. My temper would perhaps be called resentful. My good opinion once lost, is lost forever.	temper pride-and-prejudice mr-darcy flaws	Jane Austen
f7fa717	There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: (1) Recklessness, which leads to destruction; (2) cowardice, which leads to capture; (3) a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults; (4) a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame; (5) over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble.	war general fault reckless temper lead worry danger cowardice shame trouble destruction homer	Sun Tzu
efd1971	The memory has as many moods as the temper, and shifts its scenery like a diorama.	mood temper	George Eliot
5708e1b	I have been quite put out of temper this morning and someone ought to die for it.	murder temper	Susanna Clarke
78f7ebe	"I guess you've got a spice of temper," commented Mr. Harrison, surveying the flushed cheeks and indignant eyes opposite him. "It goes with hair like yours, I reckon"	spirit l-m-montgomery redheads temper	L.M. Montgomery
4df0f52	He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he did anything, it did not prevent him from grumbling, losing his temper and swearing (mostly to himself).	heart grumbling kindheartedness leaf-by-niggle temper swearing kind	J.R.R. Tolkien
0cc3a55	Lose your temper and you lose the fight.	temper fight	Margaret Atwood
637921b	Our natures own predilections and antipathies alike strange. There are people from whom we secretly shrink, whom we would personally avoid, though reason confesses that they are good people: there are others with faults of temper, &c., evident enough, beside whom we live content, as if the air about them did us good.	personality nature people predilection temper faults	Charlotte Brontë
9b0a402	My pride had risen up and whopped me in the face. I don't lose my temper a lot, but when I do, I make a good job of it.	temper pride	Charlaine Harris
926a0be	He had hit with his closed fist and knocked her sprawling. It took talent to make Wyatt lose his temper, but Jessie knew just how to do it, and did it mainly just to have something happening. Pouring whiskey from bottle to glass was boring work.	temper hit	Larry McMurtry
246c7ff	"Monsieur Foinet got up and made as if to go, but he changed his mind, and, stopping, put his hand on Philip's shoulder. "But if you were going to ask me my advice, I should say: take your courage in both hands and try your luck at something else. It sounds very hard, but let me tell you this: I would give all I have in the world if someone had given me that advice when I was your age and I had taken it." Philip looked up at him with surprise. The master forced his lips into a smile, but his eyes remained grave and sad. "It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it's too late. It does not improve the temper." He gave a little laugh as he said the last words and quickly walked out of the room."	courage temper mediocrity luck	W. Somerset Maugham
e0af78d	"Henpecked, the great Wyatt Earp," Cody said. "You evidently don't know Jessie," Wyatt said. "If she's in one of her tempers she'd put a hyena to flight ..."	wyatt-earp hyena temper	Larry McMurtry

1e73467

I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I believe, too little yielding-- certainly too little for the convenience of the world. I cannot forget the follies and vices of other so soon as I ought, nor their offenses against myself. My feelings are not puffed about with every attempt to move them. My temper would perhaps be called resentful. My good opinion once lost, is lost forever.

temper pride-and-prejudice mr-darcy flaws

Jane Austen

f7fa717

There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: (1) Recklessness, which leads to destruction; (2) cowardice, which leads to capture; (3) a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults; (4) a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame; (5) over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble.

war general fault reckless temper lead worry danger cowardice shame trouble destruction homer

Sun Tzu

efd1971

The memory has as many moods as the temper, and shifts its scenery like a diorama.

mood temper

George Eliot

5708e1b

I have been quite put out of temper this morning and someone ought to die for it.

murder temper

Susanna Clarke

78f7ebe

"I guess you've got a spice of temper," commented Mr. Harrison, surveying the flushed cheeks and indignant eyes opposite him. "It goes with hair like yours, I reckon"

spirit l-m-montgomery redheads temper

L.M. Montgomery

4df0f52

He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he did anything, it did not prevent him from grumbling, losing his temper and swearing (mostly to himself).

heart grumbling kindheartedness leaf-by-niggle temper swearing kind

J.R.R. Tolkien

0cc3a55

Lose your temper and you lose the fight.

temper fight

Margaret Atwood

637921b

Our natures own predilections and antipathies alike strange. There are people from whom we secretly shrink, whom we would personally avoid, though reason confesses that they are good people: there are others with faults of temper, &c., evident enough, beside whom we live content, as if the air about them did us good.

personality nature people predilection temper faults

Charlotte Brontë

9b0a402

My pride had risen up and whopped me in the face. I don't lose my temper a lot, but when I do, I make a good job of it.

temper pride

Charlaine Harris

926a0be

He had hit with his closed fist and knocked her sprawling. It took talent to make Wyatt lose his temper, but Jessie knew just how to do it, and did it mainly just to have something happening. Pouring whiskey from bottle to glass was boring work.

temper hit

Larry McMurtry

246c7ff

"Monsieur Foinet got up and made as if to go, but he changed his mind, and, stopping, put his hand on Philip's shoulder. "But if you were going to ask me my advice, I should say: take your courage in both hands and try your luck at something else. It sounds very hard, but let me tell you this: I would give all I have in the world if someone had given me that advice when I was your age and I had taken it." Philip looked up at him with surprise. The master forced his lips into a smile, but his eyes remained grave and sad. "It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it's too late. It does not improve the temper." He gave a little laugh as he said the last words and quickly walked out of the room."

courage temper mediocrity luck

W. Somerset Maugham

e0af78d

"Henpecked, the great Wyatt Earp," Cody said. "You evidently don't know Jessie," Wyatt said. "If she's in one of her tempers she'd put a hyena to flight ..."

wyatt-earp hyena temper

Larry McMurtry