Wit Genius Quote by Susanna Clarke

“Enough of this, dearest one. I ought not to have spoken of it, but I lost my temper. Still, it is pleasant to speak…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“It was difficult to step the balance of being agreeable and cheerful while not being silly and careless.”

— Anonymous

“A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favor of happiness, as a very resolute character.”

— Jane Austen

“Tried be cheerful, tried be upbeat, tried not to let my feelings show, not to blame him, not to mind when day after day,…

— Kristan Higgins

“Anger is seldom a useful emotion, and the more self-righteous the anger, the less useful it is.”

— James P. Blaylock

“Yes, my particular virtue of being very often objective, and thus sidetracked from thinking about myself, suffers lapses of affirmation, as do all virtues…

— Fernando Pessoa

“There is no cheerfulness without contentment.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Benjamin Franklin put it well: “Anger is never without a reason, but seldom a good one.” There”

— Daniel Goleman

“Without contentment, there is no cheerfulness.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Perhaps, if you weren't so busy regarding my shortcomings, you'd find that I do possess redeeming qualities, discreet as they may be.  I notice…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“I was very sorry that i had been in a temper --- but I was sorry because it was foolish and undignified, not because…

— L.M. Montgomery

“He had a temper, not a good thing. Because I had one too.”

— Nicole Williams