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Anger is short-lived in a good man.
↗Meaning: The saying praises allowing anger to pass rather than keeping a grievance alive. Its moral judgement is too simple: lasting anger does not by itself show that someone lacks good character.
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Anger.
Understanding irritation, provocation and the actions that follow an angry feeling. These editorial selections examine escalation and unequal power without treating anger as a character verdict or requiring silence about an unresolved wrong. Connections follow agent-reviewed meanings, rather than source word matching. Reviewed editorial meanings may also connect entries to this topic; those assignments are labelled separately from word matching.
02Undated
Keep from the anger of a great man.
↗Meaning: The saying warns that anger from a powerful person may have serious consequences. Recognise a difference in power without assuming that authority makes anger justified or requires silent acceptance of unfair treatment.
03Undated
Dogs bark before they bite.
↗Meaning: A serious action may be preceded by a warning or an expression of anger. The barking image encourages attention to possible signals, without promising that every threat will be carried out or every harmful action announced.
04Undated
A man in a passion rides a horse that runs away with him.
↗Meaning: Strong anger or agitation can carry a person into actions they would not choose calmly. The runaway horse suggests losing direction under an emotion, while allowing that feelings may reveal a concern worth addressing.
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Don't wake a sleeping dog.
↗Meaning: Avoid provoking a quiet problem without a useful reason. An unnecessary intervention can revive a conflict or danger that is currently inactive.
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Dread the anger of the dove.
↗Meaning: A usually gentle person can still reach a limit. Do not interpret calmness as endless tolerance or assume that anger can arise only in people who appear forceful.
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The mule long keeps a kick in reserve for its master.
↗Meaning: An unresolved grievance may produce a delayed response. The stored kick suggests that apparent quietness should not automatically be read as the end of a conflict.