It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried o…

C. S. Lewis
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It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.41, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.41, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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