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Temperance is the control of all the functions of our bodies. The man who refuses liquor, goes in for apple pie and develops a paunch, is no ethical leader for me. (Quote by - John Erskine)

I've been told I have an Irish temper, I know I have Scottish thrift, and, like the English, I love a good show. (Quote by - Jeanette MacDonald)

People are essentially losing their temper for things that have nothing to do with the act of driving. (Quote by - Mark Edwards)

Thou know'st the o'er-eager vehemence of youth, How quick in temper, and in judgment weak (Quote by - Homer)

Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment. (Quote by - James Gould Cozzens)

We have not seen any glimpse of his legendary, hair- trigger temper or the arrogance that personified his conduct at Enron. (Quote by - Robert Mintz)

She belongs to a Temperance Society and wears one of those badges in the shape of a bow of ribbon to show that she would never take a drink, not even brandy if she were dying. Of course by temperance they all mean the opposite - total abstinence. (Quote by - Elizabeth Taylor)

There is such a term, called 'judge baiting' -- baiting the judge into losing her cool and her temper. I don't know that they (Merck's lawyers) sit around and think that, but anything is possible. (Quote by - Steven Wittels)

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough. (Quote by - Bruce Lee)

Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, flour in the tub, money in the purse, credit in the country, contentment in the house, clothes on the back, and vigor in the body. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)

It's unfortunate. Jose clearly got fouled, and the guy threw an elbow. I wish Jose could have kept his temper, but he retaliated. (Quote by - Paul Retherford)

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong. (Quote by - Baltasar Gracian)

Absolutism tempered by assassination. (Quote by - Count Munster)

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