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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When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.
When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be read more
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm.
Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed read more
Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had read more
Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.rn
How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.
How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.
Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one.
Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one.
