Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
Robert Green IngersollRead
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Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure
It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
Cowardice is impotence worse than violence. The coward desires revenge but being afraid to die, he looks to others, maybe to the government of the day, to do the work of defense for him. A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women.
All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.
He told me not to seek revenge, but to seek the Buddha,' said the fox spirit, sadly. 'Wise counsel,' said the fox of dreams. 'Vegeance can be a road that has no ending. You would be wise to avoid it. And...?' 'I shall seek the Buddha,' said the fox, with a toss of her head. 'But first I shall seek revenge.
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
Mine Enemy is growing old -- I have at last Revenge -- The Palate of the Hate departs -- If any would avenge Let him be quick -- the Viand flits -- It is a faded Meat -- Anger as soon as fed is dead -- 'Tis starving makes it fat
To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all these are things we can do.
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