“A bad-tempered man will never make a good-tempered horse.”
Anna Sewell book Black Beauty
Black Beauty (1877), Ch. VII, p. 36
“Certain winds will make men's temper bad.”
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The Spanish Gypsy (1868)
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“God tempers the wind, said Maria, to the shorn lamb.”
Laurence Sterne book A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
Maria. Compare: "Dieu mésure le froid à la brebis tondue" (translated: "God measures the cold to the shorn lamb"), Henri Estienne (1594), Prémices, etc, p. 47; "To a close-shorn sheep God gives wind by measure", George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum.
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768)
“It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.”
Henry Fielding book The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Source: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
“3918. Praise makes good Men better, and bad Men worse.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: 3162. Learning makes a good Man better, and an ill Man worse.
“As tempers rose, a compromise was urged by certain moderates, whom everyone ignored.”
Bruce Sterling (1954) American writer, speaker, futurist, and design instructor
Short fiction, The Peak of Eternal Light (2012)
“Clary," Jace said again. "You know: short, redheaded, bad temper.”
Cassandra Clare book City of Glass
Source: City of Glass
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XLV Prophecies
“A knife is sharpened on stone, steel is tempered by fire, but men must be sharpened by men.”
Louis L'Amour book The Walking Drum
Source: The Walking Drum (1984), Ch. 57