Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on read more

Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

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 and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right read more

Anybody can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the read more

Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue.

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.

Anger manages everything badly.

Anger manages everything badly.

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.

When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.

When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.