Charles Caleb Colton: The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but…
The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves, and we injure our own cause, in the opinion of the world, when we too passionately and eagerly defend it.
In today’s wordsAnger intoxicates like wine: it shows us to others but hides us from ourselves, and we hurt our own cause in the world's eyes when we defend it too passionately and eagerly.
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