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Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
Anger is one of the sinews of the Soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.
Anger is one of the sinews of the Soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.
Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as read more
Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just, what it does cruelly.
Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.
Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.
When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.
When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.
