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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.

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Tempered Quotations

The budget should be balanced. Public debt should be reduced. The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered, and assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

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 ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.
Voltaire

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

Tempered Translations

tempered in Swedish is tempererad


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