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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Anybody can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
Anger is a short madness.
Anger is a short madness.
Men are like steel: when they lose their temper, they lose their worth. -Chuck Norris.
Men are like steel: when they lose their temper, they lose their worth. -Chuck Norris.
Beware the fury of a patient man. -John Dryden.
Beware the fury of a patient man. -John Dryden.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love. -Leo Buscaglia.
Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love. -Leo Buscaglia.
Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one. -Lord Halifax.
Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one. -Lord Halifax.
