Definition of Tempered

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Definition of Tempered
	Tempered of Temper Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword. Related Definitions: As, Brought, Chiefly, Composition, Good-Tempered, Having, In, Man, Of, Or, Proper, Steel, Such, Sword, Temper, Tempered, To, Used

Tempered Quotations

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
John F. Kennedy

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.
Voltaire

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
Voltaire

The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.
Voltaire

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.
George Orwell

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.
Blaise Pascal

The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong.
David Letterman

The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.
Miguel de Cervantes

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
Sydney J. Harris

Tempered Translations

tempered in Swedish is tempererad

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