Choleric
- A keen intellect
- A strong will
- Strong passions
- An often times subconscious impulse to dominate others and make them subservient
- Enthusiasm for the noble and the great, the force and resolution of their will
- The well-trained choleric is very patient and firm in endurance of physical pains
- They are very successful in their professional work
Cons:
- Pride
- Anger
- Deceit, disguise and hypocrisy
- Lack of sympathy
Sanguine
- Superficiality
- Instability
- Tendency to the external
- Optimism
- Absence of deep passions
- Extrovert, readily makes acquaintance with other people, very communicative and associates easily with strangers
- Friendly in speech and behavior and can pleasantly entertain people by their interesting narratives and witticisms
- Pleasant and willing to oblige
- Compassionate whenever a mishap befalls their neighbor and are always ready to cheer others by a friendly remark
- Remarkable faculty of drawing the attention of others without causing immediate and great displeasure
- Quickly excited by an offense and may show their anger violently and at times imprudently
- Pliable and docile
- Candid and can easily make known to their superiors their difficulties
- Hardly ever show resentment when punished
- Does not long over unpleasant happenings
Cons:
- Vanity and self-complacency
- Inclination to flirtation, jealousy and envy
- Cheerfulness and inordinate love of pleasure
- Dread of virtues
Melancholic
- Inclination to reflection
- Love of retirement
- Serious conception of life
- Inclination to passivity
Peculiarities:
- Reserved
- Irresolute
- Despondent and without courage
- Slow and awkward
- Has their peculiar side
Pros:
- Practices with ease and joy interior prayer
- Greater benefactor to others
Cons:
- Falls into the most terrible distress of mind when doing something wrong
- Great despondency, inactivity, despair
- Gives way to sad moods, falls into many faults against charity
Phlegmatic
- Has very little interest in whatever goes on about them
- Has little inclination to work
Pros:
- Works slowly, but perseveringly, if their work does not require much thinking
- Not easily exasperated either by offenses, or by failures or sufferings
- Has no intense passions and does not demand much of life
Cons:
- Inclined to ease, to eating and drinking; is lazy and neglects their duties
- Has no ambition
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Edited by Jamie L.
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