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Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.


George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one. -Lord Halifax.
LORD HALIFAX Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
EDWARD F. HALIFAX Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
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GEORGE SAVILE, LORD HALIFAX Anger is seldom without argument but seldom with a good one.
LORD HALIFAX Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good One.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Anger is never without reason, but seldom a good one.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Keep cool; anger is not an argument.
DANIEL WEBSTER Keep cool; anger is not an argument
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C LIONG The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
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FRANCIS OF ASSISI We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
FRANCIS OF ASSISI If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
FRANCIS OF ASSISI It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
FRANCIS OF ASSISI We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not mak...
HUSSEIN OF JORDAN We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can -- namely, surrender our will and fulfill God...
TERESA OF AVILA Pitiful and pitied by no one, why have I come to the ignominy of this detestable old age, who was ru...
ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE He (Scipio of Rome) did not consider that republic flourishing whose walls stand, but whose morals a...
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Error, indeed, is never set forth in its naked deformity, lest, being thus exposed, it should at onc...
IRENAEUS OF LYONS Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than ...
THALES OF MILETUS If I had obeyed God, as I have obeyed him, He would not have punished me.
SWAMWRA OF BASRA Be praised, my Lord, through all your creatures, especially through my lord Brother Sun, who brings ...
FRANCIS OF ASSISI Man conquers the world by conquering himself.
ZENO OF CITIUM I don't exist when you don't see me.
SISTERS OF MERCY Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
TERESA OF AVILA Every day He humbles Himself just as He did when from from His heavenly throne into the Virgin's wom...
FRANCIS OF ASSISI You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS To have courage for whatever comes in life -- everything lies in that.
TERESA OF AVILA Only a brave person is willing to honestly admit, and fearlessly to face, what a sincere and logical...
RODAN OF ALEXANDRIA We know only that we are living in these bodies and have a vague idea, because we have heard it, and...
TERESA OF AVILA You can't step twice into the same river.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS