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    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.

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Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

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Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

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Anger is a short madness.

Anger is a short madness.

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Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one. -Lord Halifax.

Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one. -Lord Halifax.

by Lord Halifax Found in: Anger Quotes,
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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.

by Tryon Edwards Found in: Anger Quotes,
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Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on read more

Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca Found in: Anger Quotes,
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Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you read more

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved. Cato -Marcus Antonius.

by Marcus Antonius Found in: Anger Quotes,
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When a man is wrong and won't admit is, he always gets angry. -Thomas Haliburton.

When a man is wrong and won't admit is, he always gets angry. -Thomas Haliburton.

by Thomas Haliburton Found in: Anger Quotes,
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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.

by Bible Found in: Anger Sayings, General Sayings,
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