Were honor to be scann'd by long descent
From ancestors illustrious, I could vaunt
A lineage of the greatest; and recount,
Among my fathers, names of ancient story,
Heroes and god-like patriots, who subdu'd
The world by arms and virtue.
But that be their own praise;
Nor will I borrow merit from the dead,
Myself an undeserver.
--_Rowe._
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He who constantly boasts of his ancestors, confesses that he has no
virtue of his own.
--_Charron._
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Never mind who was your grandfather. What are you?
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A good man's anger lasts an instant,
A meddling man's for two hours,
A base man's a day and night,
A great sinner's until death.
--_Persian._
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Have nothing to do with men in a passion, for they are not like iron, to
be wrought on when they are hot.
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Anger generally begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
--_Pythagoras._
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He who subdues his anger, conquers his greatest enemy.
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A fit of anger is as fatal to dignity as a dose of arsenic to life.
--_J. G. Holland._
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It is much better to reprove, than to be angry secretly.
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Catch not too soon at an offence, nor give too easy way to anger; the
one shows a weak judgment, the other a perverse nature.
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He who can suppress a moment's anger, may prevent a day of sorrows.
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Nothing can be more unjust, or ridiculous, than to be angry with others
because they are not of our opinion.
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When a man grows angry, his reason flies out.
--_Spanish._
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Animals are such agreeable friends--they ask no questions, they pass no
criticisms.
--_George Eliot._
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