Choleric, Phlegmatic

Hippocrates believed human emotions were determined by the four bodily fluids or humours: blood (sanguine), yellow bile (choleric), black bile (melancholy), and phlegm (phlegmatic).

Choleric: Hot tempered, angry.

Phlegmatic: Slow and methodical.

The lack of humour is yours, Doctor, not mine. Yours is choleric while mine is phlegmatic.

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