Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as read more

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

No man provokes me with impunity.
[Lat., Nemo me impune lacessit.]

No man provokes me with impunity.
[Lat., Nemo me impune lacessit.]

Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it.

Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it.

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 is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. -Unknown.

Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. -Unknown.

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.

Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as read more

Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just, what it does cruelly.

Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands,
hoist the black flag, and begin read more

Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands,
hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Being angered is the greatest defeat to a human being.

Being angered is the greatest defeat to a human being.