A single angry word has lost many friends
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“The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is， of all things， the most shameful，” says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses[冲动] and feelings， and from that moment he gives up his moral[道德] freedom.
A single angry word has lost many friends. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger， he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry， keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. “Whoever the gods would destroy they first make them mad.” “Keep cool，” says Webster， “anger is not argument.” “Be calm in arguing，” says George Herbert， “for fierceness[狂怒] makes error a fault.”
To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger，” says Pythagoras， “brings with folly and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers， not by the power of those which conquer him.
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