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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 is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the read more
Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.
Being angered is the greatest defeat to a human being.
Being angered is the greatest defeat to a human being.
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.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.
One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
Beware of the fury of the patient man. -John Dryden.
Beware of the fury of the patient man. -John Dryden.
Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help. Clarendon -Thomas read more
Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help. Clarendon -Thomas Fuller.