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Francis Quarles: Beware of him that is slow to anger; anger, when it is long in coming, is the…

Beware of him that is slow to anger; anger, when it is long in coming, is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

In today’s wordsBeware of the person who is slow to anger; when anger takes a long time to come, it's stronger when it arrives and lasts longer. Abused patience turns to fury.

Francis QuarlesCommonly 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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