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Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon: Anger is the most impotent passion that accompanies the mind of man. It effects…

Anger is the most impotent passion that accompanies the mind of man. It effects nothing it goes about; and hurts the man who is possessed by it more than any other against whom it is directed.

In today’s wordsAnger is the most powerless passion of the mind. It accomplishes nothing it sets out to do, and it hurts the person who has it more than anyone it's aimed at.

Edward Hyde, Earl of ClarendonCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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