Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
Do not meddle in the affairs of troff, for it is subtle and quick to anger. | |
A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger. -- Proverbs 15:1 | |
"Lying lips are abomination to the Lord; but they that deal truly are his delight. A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger. He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. Death and life are in the power of the tongue." -- Proverbs, some selections from the Jewish Scripture | |
The problem ... is that we have run out of dinosaurs to form oil with. Scientists working for the Department of Energy have tried to form oil using other animals; they've piled thousands of tons of sand and Middle Eastern countries on top of cows, raccoons, haddock, laboratory rats, etc., but so far all they have managed to do is run up an enormous bulldozer-rental bill and anger a lot of Middle Eastern persons. None of the animals turned into oil, although most of the laboratory rats developed cancer. -- Dave Barry, "Postpetroleum Guzzler" | |
Linus was the instructor of Hercules in music, but having one day reproved his pupil rather harshly, he roused the anger of Hercules, who struck him with his lyre and killed him. -- Bulfinch's Mythology | |
Anger is momentary madness. -- Horace | |
Anger kills as surely as the other vices. | |
The greatest remedy for anger is delay. | |
Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around us in awareness. -- James Thurber | |
Competitive fury is not always anger. It is the true missionary's courage and zeal in facing the possibility that one's best may not be enough. -- Gene Scott | |
Do not throw cigarette butts in the urinal, for they are subtle and quick to anger. |