Quote by Jeremy Taylor
If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury if from a s

If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury if from a small cause, it is peevishness and so is always either terrible or ridiculous. – Jeremy Taylor

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In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. – Buddha

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Acting in anger and hatred throughout my life, I frequently precipitated what I feared most, the loss of friendships and the need to rely upon the very people Id abused. – Luke Ford

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Angry men are blind and foolish, for reason at such a time takes flight and, in her absence, wrath plunders all the riches of the intellect, while the judgment remains the prisoner of its own pride. – Pietro Aretino

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He who angers you conquers you. – Elizabeth Kenny

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