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 They are borne along by the violence of their rage, and think it 
is a waste of time to read more 
 They are borne along by the violence of their rage, and think it 
is a waste of time to ask who are guilty.
 [Lat., Trahit ipse furoris
  Impetus, et visum est lenti quaesisse nocentum.] 
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.
 A man deep-wounded may feel too much pain
 To feel much anger.  
 A man deep-wounded may feel too much pain
 To feel much anger. 
Anger is one of the sinews of the Soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.
Anger is one of the sinews of the Soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
 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. 
Anger manages everything badly.
Anger manages everything badly.
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.