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It's a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go
Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding
Those passionate persons who carry their heart in their mouth are rather to be pitied than feared; their threatenings serving no other purpose than to forearm him that is threatened
Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help
Act nothing in a furious passion. It's putting to sea in a storm
The bare recollection of anger kindles anger
An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame
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
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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