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"The greatest remedy for anger is delay." -
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Thomas Paine
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Top 5 quotes from Thomas Paine
"There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord."
"'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death."
"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."
"Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us."
"That government is best which governs least."
Top 5 quotes from Anger
"I conquered my hostility by putting it away until the day I might need it."
"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."
"Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy."
"In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves."
"The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts: the less you know the hotter you get."
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