Tempered Quotes

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ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography. — Ambrose Bierce
RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh, of Arabian fable… — Ambrose Bierce
My parents were nonmaterialistic. They believed that money without knowledge was worthless, that education tempered with religion was the way to climb out of poverty… — James McBride
As a child there's a horror in discovering the limitations of the ones you love. The time you find that your mother cannot keep you… — Mark Lawrence
Steel can be tempered and hardened, and so can men. In this world of struggle, which was not designed for softies, a man must be… — Herbert Newton Casson
That was probably the most important fight of my career...he was this crazy guy, who acted like most adults that I knew as a kid,… — Roy Jones Jr.
Though not a remarkably precocious child in other respects, she seemed to have very clear and correct views on almost every subject connected with her… — Martha Finley
Of ill-temper there are three kinds: irascibility, bitterness, sullenness. It belongs to the ill-tempered man to be unable to bear either small slights or defeats… — Aristotle
The Spaniards are perfectly right to govern these barbarians of the New World and adjacent islands; they are in prudence, ingenuity, virtue, and humanity as… — Juan Gines de Sepulveda
Words are healers of the sick tempered. — Aeschylus
The tempered light of the woods is like a perpetual morning. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
You wish, or rather, have decided, to remove a splinter from someone? Very well, but do not go after it with a stick instead of… — John Climacus
Provocation doesn't make me ill-tempered: it only shows me how ill-tempered I am. — C.S. Lewis
I keep fit, I work out, I eat pretty damn well, I don't drink like a fish, and all of those things are tempered with… — Mick Fleetwood
The incarnation began with Jesus and it has never stopped . . . God takes on flesh so that every home becomes a church, every… — Ronald Rolheiser
Suffering did different things to different people...Some souls became tempered, unshakable in their faith, while others became twisted and mis-shapen, throwing off all connection to… — Naomi Ragen
In our human lives, we are often impatient, ill-tempered, inappropriate. We find it difficult to treat our intimates with the love we really hold for… — Julia Cameron
Modern value-neutral society (Gesellschaft rather than Gemeinschaft) is systematized predation tempered not by conscience or values but rather merely by a system of law, which… — Kenny Smith
Untested faith was rarely strong. Deep, abiding faith was tempered through fire. — Robin Lee
Our past is the forge upon which we are hardened and tempered, to prepare us for the present. We are like a fine blade that… — Larry Atchley Jr.

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