Quote of Quintus Horatius Flaccus - Anger is a short madness....
Biography - Quintus Horatius Flaccus:
Roman lyric poet.
Born: -65 - Died: -8
Period:
1st century BC
Place of birth: Italy
Born: -65 - Died: -8
Period:
1st century BC
Place of birth: Italy
Anger is a short madness.
Note
Other version: "Anger is brief insanity."
Source: Epistles
Translation
(French, Latin, German)
Ira furor brevis est.
See also...
Quotes about madness:
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
Quotes for: anger
When someone opposes me, he arouses my attention, not my anger. I go to greet a man who contradicts me, who instructs me.
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