Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
Interpretation
Expressing anger can lead to regrettable statements.
This quote highlights the impulsiveness of speaking in anger. When emotions run high, especially anger, individuals often articulate their thoughts in a way that they might later regret, as the intensity of their feelings can cloud judgment and lead to harsh or inappropriate words.
In practice
During a heated debate, someone could use this quote to remind others to think before they speak.
PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar "itching palm" ("Palma hominis") is most widely distributed . . . . This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum, which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver.
Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.
Indigestion: A disease which the patient and his friends frequently mistake for deep religious conviction and concern for the salvation of mankind. As the simple Red Man of the Western Wild put it, with, it must be confessed, a certain force: 'Plenty well, no pray; big belly ache, heap God.'
Disobey n:To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command
NOUMENON, n. That which exists, as distinguished from that which merely seems to exist, the latter being a phenomenon. The noumenon is a bit difficult to locate; it can be apprehended only by a process of reasoning - which is a phenomenon.
PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude.
May we be enlightened by a ray of the light that comes from Bethlehem, the light of He who is 'The Greatest' and made himself small.
It is only because you take your mind to be yourself, and make it dwell on what you are not, that you lose your sense of well-being.
To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones.
I have found it very important in my own life to try to let go of my wishes and instead to live in hope. I am finding that when I choose to let go of my sometimes petty and superficial wishes and trust that my life is precious and meaningful in the eyes of God something really new, something beyond my own expectations begins to happen for me. (Finding My Way Home)
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