If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he is angry after he has had time to think upon it, that is sinful. The flame is not wring, but the coals are.


Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher (ed. 1858)

Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he is angry after he has had time to think upon it,...

If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he is angry after he has had time to think upon it,...

If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he is angry after he has had time to think upon it,...

If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he is angry after he has had time to think upon it,...