Violence of judge's temper leads him to have men given death sentence unjustly

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Violence of judge's temper leads him to have men given death sentence unjustly.

Traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character – social. · view the constellation · filed as W185.5

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Man demonstrates his violence of temper. He overhears a man tell of his temper. In anger he enters and demands to know when he has ever lost his temper Prayer that overbearing knight's illness be increased. A little sickness has made him kind; more may make him kinder Temper lost from reading history. Man so angered that he refuses to pay his workmen Monk loses temper at cup and breaks it. [Inadvertant duplication of H1553.5.]Insult worse than wound. The lion to the man: "The wound has healed, but the pain of harsh words still remains."

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