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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.
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry
Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of a certain income can indulge.
Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of a certain income can indulge.
Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
[Lat., Ut fragilis glacies interit ira mora.]
Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
[Lat., Ut fragilis glacies interit ira mora.]
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it.
Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he read more
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
