keep one's temper
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It will not do to think of them; that is the only way to keep one's temper.
From Elinor Wyllys, Volume 2 by Cooper, Susan Fenimore
Well, I know one thing," said Eurie, "it requires twice the grace that I supposed it did to get through with kitchen duties and exasperations and keep one's temper.
From The Chautauqua Girls At Home by Pansy
But we have the original sense of "good temper" in the expression to "keep one's temper."
From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)
It is very difficult to keep one's temper in dealing with M. Arnold when he touches on religious matters.
From Matthew Arnold by Russell, George William Erskine
But never mind that; one must keep one's temper in this madhouse.
From What's Wrong with the World by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
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