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Anger, when it is long in coming, is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept.
Anger, when it is long in coming, is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept.
Approximate author period: c. 1618 AD · renaissance
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- Francis Quarles
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- Approximate author period: c. 1618 AD · renaissance
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Quarles. · page_015
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