The Heavy Burden of Anger

You can’t function while carrying a grievance

Jul 06, 2022

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*Anger (Ira) from The Seven Deadly Sins* by Pieter van der Heyden, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1558 (Wikimedia Commons - public domain)

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“There is no more stupefying thing than anger, nothing more bent on its own strength. If successful, none more arrogant, if foiled, none more insane—since it’s not driven back by weariness even in defeat, when fortune removes its adversary it turns its teeth on itself.” — Seneca, c. 42

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