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Fear not the anger of the wise to raise;
Those best can fear reproof who merit praise.
Fear not the anger of the wise to raise;
Those best can fear reproof who merit praise.
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.
Alas! they had been friends in youth;
But whispering tongues can poison truth,
And constancy lives in read more
Alas! they had been friends in youth;
But whispering tongues can poison truth,
And constancy lives in realms above;
And life is thorny, and youth is vain;
And to be wrothe with one we love
Doth work like madness in the brain.
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. -Booker T. Washington.
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. -Booker T. Washington.
Being angered is the greatest defeat to a human being.
Being angered is the greatest defeat to a human being.
Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directly — hurt, bitterness, grief, read more
Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directly — hurt, bitterness, grief, and, mostof all, fear.
Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been read more
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.
Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.
Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.
