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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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.
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.
Anger is what makes a clear mind seem clouded.
Anger is what makes a clear mind seem clouded.
Expressing anger is a form of public littering. -Willard Gaylin.
Expressing anger is a form of public littering. -Willard Gaylin.
Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -James Thurber.
Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -James Thurber.
To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better. -Tryon Edwards.
To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better. -Tryon Edwards.
Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
He has hay on his horns.
[Lat., Foenum habet in cornu.]
He has hay on his horns.
[Lat., Foenum habet in cornu.]
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
