Gentleness is strength. Anger is a wound.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 11.18
Gentleness is strength. Anger is a wound.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 11.18
The source
"Gentleness is strength. Anger is a wound." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 11.18. Translated by George Long, 1862.
"he who possesses these qualities possesses strength ... he who yields to pain and he who yields to anger, both are wounded"George Long, 1862, Meditations 11.18.
Who said it
Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Roman emperor who wrote private notes to himself on a military campaign. We know them as the Meditations.
Questions
- Who said "Gentleness is strength. Anger is a wound."?
- Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 11.18.
- What is the original wording?
- he who possesses these qualities possesses strength ... he who yields to pain and he who yields to anger, both are wounded (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.
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