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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A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule.
A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule.
The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough.
The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough.
Men are like steel: when they lose their temper, they lose their worth. -Chuck Norris.
Men are like steel: when they lose their temper, they lose their worth. -Chuck Norris.
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.
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one.
Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one.
I am a danger to myself if I get angry.
I am a danger to myself if I get angry.
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.
He has hay on his horns.
[Lat., Foenum habet in cornu.]
He has hay on his horns.
[Lat., Foenum habet in cornu.]
