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.
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Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. -Elizabeth 1.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. -Elizabeth 1.
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as read more
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
They are borne along by the violence of their rage, and think it
is a waste of time to read more
They are borne along by the violence of their rage, and think it
is a waste of time to ask who are guilty.
[Lat., Trahit ipse furoris
Impetus, et visum est lenti quaesisse nocentum.]
Beware the fury of a patient man. -John Dryden.
Beware the fury of a patient man. -John Dryden.
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering read more
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm any hostility. -HW Longfellow.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry
He has hay on his horns.
[Lat., Foenum habet in cornu.]
He has hay on his horns.
[Lat., Foenum habet in cornu.]
Beware of the fury of the patient man. -John Dryden.
Beware of the fury of the patient man. -John Dryden.
