Anger

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I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe;
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

William Blake

Songs of Experience

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Dealing with anger Anger

Author

William Blake

Source

Songs of Experience

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1794 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Blake, William. "A Poison Tree." Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. London, 1794.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "A Poison Tree." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Topic

Temper Anger Human nature

Author

Homer

Source

The Odyssey

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 7, l. 307.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 7, l. 307.

Do get all on fire and be as cross as you please.

Susan B. Anthony

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Anger in politics Anger Politics Activism

Author

Susan B. Anthony

Source

Letters of Susan B. Anthony

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1856 1850s 19th century

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Citation

Anthony, Susan B. Letter to Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 5 June 1856.

Anger is never without a Reason, but seldom with a good One.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Temper Anger

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1753 1750s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

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Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1753.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

George Savile, Lord Halifax

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Topic

Anger Justifications and rationales

Author

George Savile, Lord Halifax

Source

Of Anger

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1750 1750s 18th century

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Citation

Savile, George. "Of Anger." A Character of King Charles The Second and Political, Moral and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections. London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750.

Sweeter it is by far than the honeycomb dripping with sweetness, and spreads through the hearts of men.

Homer

The Iliad

On anger.

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Anger

Author

Homer

Source

The Iliad

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 18, l. 109-110.

Current Citation

Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 18, l. 109-110.

I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!

Network

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Over it Anger

Speaker

Howard Beale

Actor

Peter Finch

Source

Network

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1976 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Network. Directed by Sidney Lumet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1976.

In anger we should refrain from both speech and action.

Pythagoras

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Controlling one's anger Anger

Speaker

Pythagoras

Author

Diogenes Laërtius

Source

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

3rd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pythagoras. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 8, ch. 1, sect. 23.

Current Citation

Pythagoras. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 8, ch. 1, sect. 23.

I understand a fury in your words,
But not the words.

William Shakespeare

Othello

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Topic

Anger

Speaker

Desdemona

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Othello

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1604 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Othello. King's Men, 1 Nov. 1604, Palace of Whitehall, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Othello." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 2.

Anger always thinks it has power beyond its power.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Anger

Author

Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

I am angry. We should all be angry. Anger has a long history of bringing about positive change.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We Should All Be Feminists

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Anger in politics Anger Progress Politics Activism

Author

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Source

We Should All Be Feminists

Medium

Essay

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. We Should All Be Feminists. Fourth Estate, 2014.

Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.

Ephesians 4:26

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Topic

Reconciliation Anger

Source

Ephesians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ephesians 4:26).

We have to begin to have a conversation that incorporates a vision of love with a vision of outrage.

Ruby Sales

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Topic

Anger in politics Anger Politics

Speaker

Ruby Sales

Source

On Being

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2016 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Sales, Ruby. "Where Does It Hurt?" Interviewed by Krista Tippett. On Being. WNYC, 15 Sept 2016.