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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; 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.
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly... -Proverbs 14:17a.
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly... -Proverbs 14:17a.
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind.
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind.
Anger, which, far sweeter than trickling drops of honey, rises in
the bosom of a man like smoke.
Anger, which, far sweeter than trickling drops of honey, rises in
the bosom of a man like smoke.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
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.
Anger is only the will to reform.
Anger is only the will to reform.