Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
Interpretation
Expressing anger can lead to regrettable statements.
This quote highlights the impulsiveness of speaking in anger. When emotions run high, especially anger, individuals often articulate their thoughts in a way that they might later regret, as the intensity of their feelings can cloud judgment and lead to harsh or inappropriate words.
In practice
During a heated debate, someone could use this quote to remind others to think before they speak.
PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar "itching palm" ("Palma hominis") is most widely distributed . . . . This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum, which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver.
Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.
Indigestion: A disease which the patient and his friends frequently mistake for deep religious conviction and concern for the salvation of mankind. As the simple Red Man of the Western Wild put it, with, it must be confessed, a certain force: 'Plenty well, no pray; big belly ache, heap God.'
Disobey n:To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command
NOUMENON, n. That which exists, as distinguished from that which merely seems to exist, the latter being a phenomenon. The noumenon is a bit difficult to locate; it can be apprehended only by a process of reasoning - which is a phenomenon.
PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude.
It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
The greatest discoveries are those that shed light unto ourselves.
Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a rule to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and in cases where it does not fit, is pedantry. [...] To apply a rule with natural ease, with judgment, noticing the cases where it fits, and without ever letting the words of the rule obscure the purpose of the action or the opportunities of the situation, is mastery.
Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is immortal.
All you drunkards: Put down the intoxicating Vanity Metrics.
The multitude of the sick shall not make us deny the existence of health.
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