"Bad temper" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... me in almost a bad temper about it, and listened gravely to my complaint. Placing one hand on my shoulder, ...
— Marge Askinforit • Barry Pain
... Spain to contradict it. Meanwhile Llorente, the historian of the Inquisition, makes no mention of Vesalius having been brought before its tribunal, while he does mention Vesalius' residence at Madrid. Another story is, that he went abroad to escape the bad temper of his wife; another that he wanted to enrich himself. Another story—and that not an unlikely one—is, that he was jealous of the rising reputation of his pupil Fallopius, then professor of anatomy at Venice. ...
— Health and Education • Charles Kingsley
... Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are bitterer than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more ...
— Pearls of Thought • Maturin M. Ballou
... as hairy as a brock and in the same straight bristly fashion. He put out his arms at full reach to keep back his clansmen, who were stretching necks at poor MacLachlan like weasels, him with his nostrils swelling and his teeth biting his bad temper. ...
— John Splendid - The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn • Neil Munro
... her lips at him. "Such injustice! Am I then to be blamed because Jose has a bad temper and speech hotter than the enchilladas of Margarita? I could love him for his rages! When the Blessed Mary sends me a lover—" She looked over her shoulder and sighed romantically, hiding the laughter in her eyes and the telltale twist of her lips as best she could, with ...
— The Gringos • B. M. Bower
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