Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1865 · Illinois, USA · In the spring when four years of civil war were coming to an end
With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right,--let us strive on to finish the work we are in: to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan; to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.
Second Inaugural Address
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Homer Ὅμηρος
c. 8th century BC · Ionia, ancient Greece
Sing, goddess, the wrath of Achilles, son of Peleus, the ruinous wrath that brought the Achaeans pains beyond counting.
μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος
οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρίʼ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγεʼ ἔθηκεIliad, the first two lines
William Blake
1794 · London, England
I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.
"A Poison Tree," in Songs of Experience
Mark Twain
1894 · Missouri, USA · Connecticut
When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.
Pudd'nhead Wilson, a chapter epigraph from "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
Gotama Buddha
c. 5th century BC · the Ganges plain, India
Hatreds never cease through hatred in this world. Through non-hatred alone they cease. This is an ancient law.
Na hi verena verāni, sammantīdha kudācanaṁ; Averena ca sammanti, esa dhammo sanantano.
Dhammapada 5
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