| A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly. |
| Our mother, being quick-tempered, often resorted to caning as a form of discipline. |
| Here we meet a feisty, diminutive, quick-tempered Paul that few of us would gladly welcome in the seat next to us on a long airplane flight. |
| Their unpredictable disposition-timid, yet also quick-tempered and dangerous-was sometimes characteristic of bear clan members. |
| At the beginning of the play, we see Lear as a proud, vain, quick-tempered old king, not necessarily evil, but certainly not good. |
| Of course, we have fights, but he is genuinely quick-tempered so it's over before it's begun. |
