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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.]
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
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 seek it prey,--
Something to tear with sharp-edged tooth and claw,
Like not to go off read more
Anger seek it prey,--
Something to tear with sharp-edged tooth and claw,
Like not to go off hungry, leaving Love
To feast on milk and honeycomb at will.
Being angered is the greatest defeat to a human being.
Being angered is the greatest defeat to a human being.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will
control you.
[Lat., Ira furor brevis est: read more
Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will
control you.
[Lat., Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret
imperat.]
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.
When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.
When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.