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Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Anger wishes that all mankind had only one neck; love, that it
had only one heart; grief, two tear-glands; read more
Anger wishes that all mankind had only one neck; love, that it
had only one heart; grief, two tear-glands; and pride, two bent
knees.
Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one.
Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one.
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, one
hundred.
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, one
hundred.
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.
I am a danger to myself if I get angry.
I am a danger to myself if I get angry.
To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better. -Tryon Edwards.
To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better. -Tryon Edwards.
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as read more
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
No man provokes me with impunity.
[Lat., Nemo me impune lacessit.]
No man provokes me with impunity.
[Lat., Nemo me impune lacessit.]
