What is important then is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect but a certain kind of temperament the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity modesty and humility a gracious temper and calmness of spirit and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

Regardless of what one's attitude towards prohibition may be temperance is something against which at a time of war no reasonable protest can be made.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

There is not in nature a thing that makes man so deformed so beastly as doth intemperate anger.

The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant and I've seen the fire of the Italian temperament. It can be explosive sometimes in ways that are both funny and tragic.

Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the shape of consistency of enduring hatred.

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

I grew up looking at my father as to how to behave. In watching him I grasped so many things. His own temperament was of a calm person. He was very composed and I never saw anger in him. To me that was fascinating.

I think I'm basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I've learned through experience to rein in some of the anger and temper they say redheads normally have.

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.

Never do anything when you are in a temper for you will do everything wrong.

It was an amazing performer. Very temperamental it spent a lot of time in its trailer.

We are on the precipice of a crisis a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances which have been at the core of this Republic are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances that say if you get 51% of the vote you don't get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing it's almost a temper tantrum.

At the root of the shy temperament is a deep fear of social judgment one so severe it can sometimes be crippling. Introverted people don't worry unduly about whether they'll be found wanting they just find too much socializing exhausting and would prefer either to be alone or in the company of a select few people.

This and this alone is Christianity a universal holiness in every part of life a heavenly wisdom in all our actions not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.

Health consists with temperance alone.

Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas imagery for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting for one who sees quickly and acts decisively accurately.

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry in painting and in music.

Temper never mellows with age and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

A tart temper never mellows with age and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.