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Quotations About Anger II
By peace | February 21, 2007
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
When anger rises, think of the consequences. ~Confucius
If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase. ~ Epictetus
Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. ~ The Bible: Proverbs 15:1
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~ Chinese Proverb
It is easy to fly into a passion–anybody can do that–but to be angry with the right person and at the right time and with the right object and in the right way–that is not easy, and it is not everyone who can do it. ~ Aristotle
I was angry with my friend I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. ~ William Blake
No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched. ~George Jean Nathan
Anger is short-lived madness. ~Horace
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. ~George Eliot
If you’re angry at a loved one, hug that person. And mean it. You may not want to hug – which is all the more reason to do so. It’s hard to stay angry when someone shows they love you, and that’s precisely what happens when we hug each other. ~Walter Anderson
Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry. ~Lyman Abbott
If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? ~Sydney J. Harris
There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom they wish to vent their spleen. ~Alexandre Dumas
He who angers you conquers you. ~Elizabeth Kenny
Anger is one letter short of danger.
Anger ventilated often hurries toward forgiveness; and concealed often hardens into revenge. ~Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing. ~Will Rogers
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. ~Robert G. Ingersoll
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others. ~ Isocrates
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. ~ Thomas Kempis
Sometimes when I’m angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn’t give me the right to be cruel.
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