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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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -Golda Meir.
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -Golda Meir.
Beware the fury of a patient man. -John Dryden.
Beware the fury of a patient man. -John Dryden.
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
They are borne along by the violence of their rage, and think it
is a waste of time to read more
They are borne along by the violence of their rage, and think it
is a waste of time to ask who are guilty.
[Lat., Trahit ipse furoris
Impetus, et visum est lenti quaesisse nocentum.]
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.
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.]
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. Seneca -Benjamin Franklin.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. Seneca -Benjamin Franklin.
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better. -Tryon Edwards.
To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better. -Tryon Edwards.
