Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; norcan the dead ever be brought back to life. Hence the enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution. This is the way to keep a country at peace and an army intact.
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If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the read more
Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one
People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it.
Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it.
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
Anger as soon as fed is dead — 'Tis starving makes it fat.
Anger as soon as fed is dead — 'Tis starving makes it fat.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry
