"Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride…

“Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there” is a saying that has been printed on many images.

“Temper gets you into trouble and pride keeps you there.—Ralph Code Huntington” was printed in the Chicago (IL) Daily Tribune on October 31, 1949.

“Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there. Mark Twain” was printed in the Rocky Mount (NC) Telegram on November 11, 1975. This version of the saying has become popular. but there is no evidence that Mark Twain (the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910) ever said it.

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31 October 1949, Chicago (IL) Daily Tribune, “In the Wake of the News” by Arch Ward, pt. 4, pg. 1, col. 1:
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Temper gets you into trouble and pride keeps you there.—Ralph Code Huntington.

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22 November 1949, Vancouver (BC) Daily Province, ‘The Lantern,” pg. 4, col. 6:
Temper gets you into trouble and pride keeps you there.

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22 March 1950, Decatur (IL) Review, “Husband ‘Opposed to Divorce,’” pg. 2, col. 6:
In one letter to his wife, Mr. (Maurice L.—ed.)Bodden gave his view of the situation. He said, “temper gets you in trouble and pride keeps you there.”

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27 January 1951, The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), pg. 2, col. 6 ad:
TEMPER gets you into trouble and PRIDE keeps you there.
(Perkins Motors.—ed.)

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7 February 1956, The Morning Herald (Uniontown, PA), pg. 4, col. 3:
Temper gets you into trouble; pride keeps you there.

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15 March 1956, Lewistown (MT) Daily News, pg. 4, col. 1:
“Temper gets you into trouble; pride keeps you there.”

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12 July 1962, National Road Traveler (Cambridge City, IN), pg. 8, col. 1:
Temper gets you into trouble. Pride keeps you there.—Anonymous.

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20 February 1964, Wichita Falls (TX) Times, “It Happened Last Night” by Earl Wilson, pg. 10A, col. 7:
EARL’S PEARLS: Temper gets you into trouble. Pride keeps you there.—Bob Goddard.

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10 May 1974, Estherville (IA) Daily News, pg. 6, col. 7:
TEMPER
is what gets most of us in
trouble. Pride is what keeps
us there.
(Bradshaw & Short, Inc.—ed.)

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11 November 1975, Rocky Mount (NC) Telegram, pg. 11, col. 5 ad:
Temper is what gets
most of us into trouble.
Pride is what keeps
us there.
Mark Twain
(Betts & Company, insurors .—ed.)

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2 December 1975, Morning Sentinel (Waterville-Winslow, ME), “Who Said It?,” pg. 4, col. 5:
Temper is what gets most of us in trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.—Mark Twain.

Google Books
The Complete Book of Zingers
By Croft M. Pentz
Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers
1990
Pg. 307
Your temper gets you into trouble—your pride keeps you there.

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Temper gets you into trouble, pride keeps you there. ~ Jewish Proverb
1:16 PM · Nov 11, 2014

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Paulo Coelho
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Temper gets you into trouble.
Pride keeps you there.
9:32 AM · May 28, 2016

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Mountain Quotes
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Temper is what gets most of us in trouble, pride is what keeps us there. - Mark Twain #quote #pages #quoteoftheday
(The saying is also shown on an image.—ed.)
8:00 PM · Nov 21, 2018