Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Temper—a weapon that we hold by the blade. 45 J. M. Barrie.

Temper is so good a thing that we should never lose it. (?)

Temperament lies behind mood; back of the caprice of will lies the fate of character; back of both is the bias of family; back of that, the tyranny of race; still deeper, the power of climate, of soil, of geology, the whole physical and moral environment. Still we are free men only so far as we rise above these. John Burroughs.

Temperance and labour are the two best physicians of man. Rousseau.

Temperance is a bridle of gold. Burton.

Temperance is a tree which has for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace. Buddha.

Temperance is the nurse of chastity. Wycherley.

Tempi passati!—Bygone times! Joseph II. at sight of a picture representing a predecessor doing penance to the Pope.

Templa quam dilecta!—How lovely are thy temples! M. of the Duke of Buckingham, whose family name is Temple.

Tempora labuntur, tacitisque senescimus annis; 5 / Et fugiunt fræno non remorante dies—Time glides away, and we grow older through the noiseless years; the days flee away, and are restrained by no rein. Ovid.