{"id":23125,"date":"2019-05-06T19:59:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T11:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=23125"},"modified":"2019-05-14T01:30:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T17:30:29","slug":"32-on-anger-de-ira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2019\/05\/32-on-anger-de-ira\/","title":{"rendered":"#32: On Anger (De Ira)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n#33: On Anger (De Ira)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quotes that resonate, from ‘How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management’ by Seneca, selected, translated and introduced by James Romm.  
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[89]<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is not to your benefit to see and hear everything. Many injuries ought to pass over us; if you ignore them, you get no more injury from them.<\/p>\n

[90]<\/b><\/p>\n

You want to be less angry? Ask fewer questions. Those who investigate wheat was said against them, who flush our mean-spirited talk even if it was being kept secret, are themselves the source of their own turmoil.<\/p>\n

[91]<\/b><\/p>\n

It’s only interpretation that causes things to look like injuries – in fact, some of them ought to be put off until later; others, laughed off; still others, forgiven.<\/p>\n

[92]<\/b><\/p>\n

Anger should be fenced off by various means. Most things should be turned into sport and jest.<\/p>\n

[93]<\/b><\/p>\n

They say that Socrates, struck by a blow to the head, said nothing more than “It’s annoying how one doesn’t know when to go out wearing a helmet.”<\/p>\n

It doesn’t matter how an injury was done, but how it was received.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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