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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There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
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.
Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.
Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.
In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for read more
In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves
Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the read more
Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue.
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
Anger as soon as fed is dead — 'Tis starving makes it fat.
Anger as soon as fed is dead — 'Tis starving makes it fat.
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.
