Quotes with worst-tempered

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  • George Bernard Shaw The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Aristotle At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.
    Journals
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Thomas L. Masson Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.
    Thomas L. Masson
    American anthropologist, editor and author (1866 - 1934)
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  • Jawaharlal Nehru A theory must be tempered with reality.
    Jawaharlal Nehru
    Indian nationalist and statesman (1889 - 1964)
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  • George Orwell As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for socialism is its adherents.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Bob Hope If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
    Bob Hope
    American comedian, actor (1903 - 2003)
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  • Desiderius Erasmus It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Harold S. Geneen The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.
    Harold S. Geneen
    American Accountant, Industrialist, CEO, ITT (1910 - 1997)
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  • Plato They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Thomas L. Masson 'Be yourself' is about the worst advice you can give some people.
    The Book of Today (1923)
    Thomas L. Masson
    American anthropologist, editor and author (1866 - 1934)
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  • Samuel Butler A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Albert Einstein A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Finley Peter Dunne A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
    Finley Peter Dunne
    American Journalist, Humorist (1867 - 1936)
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  • Cesare Pavese A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man - the one he used to be.
    Cesare Pavese
    Italian writer and poet (1908 - 1950)
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  • William Wrigley Jr A man's doubts and fears are his worst enemies.
    William Wrigley Jr
    American entrepreneur and chewing gum manufacturer (1861 - 1932)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes A person dishonored is worst than dead.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Epictetus A strict belief, fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand there is comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • William Shakespeare After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. Treason has done his worst. Nor steel nor poison, malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing can touch him further.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Frank Sinatra Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.
    Frank Sinatra
    American singer, actor, and producer (1915 - 1998)
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