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Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will
control you.
[Lat., Ira furor brevis est: read more
Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will
control you.
[Lat., Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret
imperat.]
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.
No man provokes me with impunity.
[Lat., Nemo me impune lacessit.]
No man provokes me with impunity.
[Lat., Nemo me impune lacessit.]
When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.
When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.
Anger is only the will to reform.
Anger is only the will to reform.
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: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on read more
Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
