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But still anger ought be far from us, for nothing is able to be done rightly nor judiciously with anger.

— Cicero De Officiis – On Duties (-44)

Sed tamen ira procul absit, cum qua nihil recte fieri nec considerate potest.

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Book I, section 136

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In anger nothing right nor judicious can be done.

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