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If it is a small sacrifice to discontinue the use of wine, do it for the sake of others; if it is a great sacrifice, do it for your own. (Quote by - Samuel Joseph May)

It takes me a long time to lose my temper, but once lost I could not find it with a dog. (Quote by - Mark Twain)

I try to take control out there. If someone's losing their temper, I try to get them back in line and focused back on the game instead of what the fans are hollering or what the other team's saying. (Quote by - Clay Oney)

His escapades with his temper didn't fit the district. The normal man on the street was embarrassed. (Quote by - John Dadian)

Higher mortgage rates that we have witnessed over the last six months are starting to temper demand for the housing sector. (Quote by - Stan Shipley)

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. (Quote by - Lord Chesterfield)

Temperance is a bridle of gold; he who uses it rightly, is more like a god than a man. (Quote by - Robert Burton)

He is always soft spoken. He is never indignant and does not loose his temper. His mind is free from fear. He speaks softly and treats everybody with respect. (Quote by - Sam Veda)

Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace. Leave gormandizing. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

And he that will to bed go sober, Falls with the leaf still in October. (Quote by - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)

Probation is not right. People of ordinary temper do not solve that problem by picking up a gun and firing six times. Do not get lost in the definition of sudden passion. (Quote by - Mia Magness)

I know all about his (no-show) reputation and his temper. But I'm pretty darn confident he'll be here. I talked with him personally, and then with his agent. (Quote by - Louie Andrus)

If temperance prevails, then education can prevail; if temperance fails, then education must fail. (Quote by - Horace Mann)

My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health. (Quote by - Robert E. Lee)

The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance. (Quote by - Christian Nevell Bovee)

Great men should drink with harness on their throats. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

If you lose your temper at a newspaper columnist, he'll get rich or famous or both. (Quote by - James C. Hagerty)

A temperate Diet frees from Diseases; such are seldom ill, but if they are surprised with Sickness, they bear it better, and recover sooner; for most Distempers have their Original from Repletion. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)

The initial number is stronger than expected. The six-month outlook has come back to temper that. (Quote by - Lisa Finstrom)

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade. (Quote by - James Matthew Barrie)

In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time (Quote by - Owen Felltham)

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs. (Quote by - Edmund Burke)

We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority (Quote by - Alfred Adler)

A stubborn mind conduces as little to wisdom or even to knowledge, as a stubborn temper to happiness (Quote by - Robert Southey)

An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper (Quote by - Kahlil Gibran)

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