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Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been read more
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.
He has hay on his horns.
[Lat., Foenum habet in cornu.]
He has hay on his horns.
[Lat., Foenum habet in cornu.]
I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath die end.
I was angry read more
I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath die end.
I was angry with my foe;
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be read more
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm.
Anger is only the will to reform.
Anger is only the will to reform.
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.
Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.
Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.
Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you read more
Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved. Cato -Marcus Antonius.
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -Golda Meir.
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -Golda Meir.