"You do not know how the people of this country bear malice. It is the boast of some of them that they can keep a stone in their pocket seven years, turn it at the end of that time, keep it seven years longer, and hurl it and hit their mark 'at last.'"
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Shirley
by
Charlotte Bronte
How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.
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Dune
by
Frank Herbert
He fumed like a bottled storm.
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Villette
by
Charlotte Bronte
It may, indeed, be assumed that a man who loses his temper while he is speaking is endeavouring to speak the truth such as he believes it to be, and again it may be assumed that a man who speaks constantly without losing his temper is not always entitled to the same implicit faith.
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Phineas Redux
by
Anthony Trollope
Any woman who is sure of her own wits is a match at any time for a man who is not sure of his own temper.
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The Woman in White
by
Wilkie Collins
Could I come near your beauty with my nails,
I could set my ten commandments in your face.
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Henry VI, Part Two
by
William Shakespeare
"Don't ever get angry at a man for stating the truth."
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Atlas Shrugged
by
Ayn Rand
My tongue will tell the anger of my heart,
Or else my heart, concealing it, will break.
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The Taming of the Shrew
by
William Shakespeare
Angry people are not always wise.
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Pride and Prejudice
by
Jane Austen
The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, screamed "Off with her head!"
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by
Lewis Carroll