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  1. A quotation from James Howell

    A hungry man [is] an angry man.

    James Howell (c. 1594 - 1666) Welsh historian and writer
    Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659)
    [compiler]

    More about this quote: wist.info/howell-james/12061/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jameshowell #anger #discontent #dissatisfaction #hunger #resentment #temper

  2. A quotation from Abraham Lincoln

    The advice of a father to his son “Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but being in, bear it that the opposed may beware of thee,” is good, and yet not the best. Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. Still less can he afford to take all the consequences, including the vitiating of his temper and loss of self control. Yield larger things to which you can show no more than equal right; and yield lesser ones, though clearly your own. Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.

    Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
    Letter (1863-10-26) to J. M. Cutts

    More about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/2191…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #anger #argument #backdown #consequences #contention #costbenefit #fight #priorities #prudence #quarrel #selfcontrol #temper #yielding

  3. A quotation from Euripides

    NURSE: Terrible is the temperament of royalty,
       Who are rarely controlled, always imperious;
       It is hard for them to give up their wrath.
       To get used to living like everybody else
       Is better.
     
    [ΤΡΟΦΌΣ: δεινὰ τυράννων λήματα καί πως
       ὀλίγ᾽ ἀρχόμενοι, πολλὰ κρατοῦντες
       χαλεπῶς ὀργὰς μεταβάλλουσιν.
       τὸ γὰρ εἰθίσθαι ζῆν ἐπ᾽ ἴσοισιν
       κρεῖσσον.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 119ff (431 BC) [tr. Podlecki (1989)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/80529/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #absolutepower #abuseofpower #anger #badmood #badtemper #compromise #equality #power #rage #royalty #selfcontrol #selfrestraint #temper #temperament #tyrant #indignation #grudge #wrath #tantrum

  4. A quotation from Addison

    A cheerful temper, joined with innocence, will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful, and wit good-natured.

    Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
    Essay (1710-07-01), The Tatler, No. 192

    More about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/34505…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #josephaddison #beauty #character #cheer #cheerfulness #goodnature #innocence #knowledge #meme #temper #temperament #wit #women

  5. A quotation from Horace

    Anger’s a short frenzy, curb thy Soul,
    And check thy rage, which must be rul’d or rule:
    Use all thy Art, with all thy force restrain,
    And take the strongest Bit, and firmest Rein.
     
    [Ira furor brevis est: animum rege; qui nisi paret
    imperat; hunc frenis, hunc tu compesce catena.]

    Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 2 “To Lollius,” l. 62ff (1.2.62) (20 BC) [tr. Creech (1684)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/1953/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #anger #badtemper #fury #insanity #madness #rage #selfcontrol #selfrestraint #tantrum #temper #wrath

  6. I keep thinking... How much does someone's favorite color relate to their temperament? Or would it have no relationship? Or not so accurate?

    #Temper #temperamento #psychology #psicologia #psicología

  7. Slowly improving my chocolate bombón game. I have to research but I think I might have invented a way to make chocolate caramel.
    #chocolate #bonbon #temper #food