490. Anger betrays what is best in humanity

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490. Anger betrays what is best in humanity

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Anger pays a penalty at the same moment that it exacts one: it forswears human feelings. The latter urge us to love, anger urges us to hatred: the latter bid us do good, anger bids us do harm.

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490. Anger betrays what is best in humanity

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