Race and temperament go for much in influencing opinion. [ Lady Morgan ]
Conviction is oftener the child of Temperament than of Reason. [ Mme. de Lambert ]
Every nation has its own language as well as its own temperament. [ Voltaire ]
The temperament of artists is such that they should be judged differently from the vulgar. [ De Finod ]
Features betray the temperament and character, but the mien indicates the degrees of fortune. [ La Bruyere ]
Vanity, shame, and, above all, temperament, often make the valor of men, and the virtue of women. [ La Rochefoucauld ]
Any one may do a casual act of good-nature; but a continuation of them shows it a part of the temperament. [ Sterne ]
Some have the temperament and tastes of genius, without its creative power. They feel acutely, but express tamely. [ Bulwer ]
In love we never think of moral qualities, and scarcely of intellectual ones. Temperament and manner alone, with beauty, excite love. [ Hazlitt ]
One must have a heart to know how to love; senses do not suffice. Temperament led by the mind leads to voluptuousness, but never to love. [ De Bernis ]
Being happy - being appreciative, being grateful - is not altogether a matter of temperament. Nor is it dependent upon outward circumstances. Not at all. [ Ossian Lang ]
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. It depends on the mood of the man, whether he shall see the sunset or the fine poem. There are always sunsets, and there is always genius; but only a few hours so serene that we can relish nature or criticism. The more or less depends on structure or temperament. Temperament is the iron wire on which the beads are strung. Of what use is fortune or talent to a cold and defective nature? [ Emerson ]