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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you read more
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
When anger rises, think of the consequences
When anger rises, think of the consequences
 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. 
 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.] 
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
 Alas! they had been friends in youth;
 But whispering tongues can poison truth,
  And constancy lives in read more 
 Alas! they had been friends in youth;
 But whispering tongues can poison truth,
  And constancy lives in realms above;
   And life is thorny, and youth is vain;
    And to be wrothe with one we love
     Doth work like madness in the brain. 
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.
The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
 Tony Blair has been
a petroplutocrat pal
a petroplutocrat pol
God give him a Road to
Damascus experience today.  
 Tony Blair has been
a petroplutocrat pal
a petroplutocrat pol
God give him a Road to
Damascus experience today.