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Anger

Two things a man should never be angry at: What he can help, and what he cannot help. – Thomas Fuller

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. – Jacqueline Schiff

When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket. – Elbert Hubbard

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

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. – Maya Angelou

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

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. – Mahatma Gandhi

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. – Ambrose Bierce

When angry, count to four when very angry, swear. – Mark Twain

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. – Thomas Jefferson

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep. – Mahatma Gandhi

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. – Benjamin Franklin

When anger rises, think of the consequences. – Confucius

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life. – Christopher Morley

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either. – Wayne Dyer

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. – William Congreve

Beware of him that is slow to anger for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury. – Francis Quarles

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. – Phyllis Diller

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. – Plato