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Augustine of Hippo on Anger

354–430

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Anger is a weed; hate is the tree.

What is anger? A lust for revenge. What is hatred? An anger grown old.

Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage; anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain the way they are.

Disputed Spirituality and Liberation: Overcoming the Great Fallacy (1988)

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