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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He has hay on his horns.
[Lat., Foenum habet in cornu.]
He has hay on his horns.
[Lat., Foenum habet in cornu.]
A man deep-wounded may feel too much pain
To feel much anger.
A man deep-wounded may feel too much pain
To feel much anger.
Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will
control you.
[Lat., Ira furor brevis est: read more
Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will
control you.
[Lat., Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret
imperat.]
In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for read more
In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your
wrath: Neither give place to read more
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your
wrath: Neither give place to the devil.
Every time you get angry, you poison your own system. -Alfred Montapert.
Every time you get angry, you poison your own system. -Alfred Montapert.
Anger should never be an overnight guest.
Anger should never be an overnight guest.
I am a danger to myself if I get angry.
I am a danger to myself if I get angry.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. -Elizabeth 1.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. -Elizabeth 1.
