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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 makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Anger wishes that all mankind had only one neck; love, that it
had only one heart; grief, two tear-glands; read more
Anger wishes that all mankind had only one neck; love, that it
had only one heart; grief, two tear-glands; and pride, two bent
knees.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering read more
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm any hostility. -HW Longfellow.
How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.
How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.
Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it.
Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it.
Keep cool; anger is not an argument. -Daniel Webster.
Keep cool; anger is not an argument. -Daniel Webster.