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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 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.
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.
When anger rises, think of the consequences
When anger rises, think of the consequences
No man provokes me with impunity.
[Lat., Nemo me impune lacessit.]
No man provokes me with impunity.
[Lat., Nemo me impune lacessit.]
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.
Being angered is the greatest defeat to a human being.
Being angered is the greatest defeat to a human being.
How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.
How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.
Sticks and stones may break your bones when there's anger to inpart. Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence read more
Sticks and stones may break your bones when there's anger to inpart. Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart. -Unknown.
