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Samuel Smiles
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If a man have not self control, he will lack patience, be wanting in tact, and have neither the power of governing himself nor of managing others. |
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If a man have not self control, he will lack patience, be wanting in tact, and have neither the power of governing himself nor of managing others. |
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Strong temper may only mean a strong and excitable will. Uncontrolled, it displays itself in fitful outbreaks of passion; but controlled and held in subjection--like steam pent up within the organized mechanism of a steam engine, the use of which is regulated by slide valves and governors and levers-- it may become a source of energetic power and usefulness. Hence, some of the greatest characters in history have been men of strong temper, but of ... |
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| Samuel Smiles | |
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Strong temper may only mean a strong and excitable will. Uncontrolled, it displays itself in fitful outbreaks of passion; but controlled and held in subjection--like steam pent up within the organized mechanism of a steam engine, the use of which is regulated by slide valves and governors and levers-- it may become a source of energetic power and usefulness. Hence, some of the greatest characters in history have been men of strong temper, but of ... |
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