The Most Profound Saying About Anger?
This line of elegiac poetry contains three great paradoxes
In a collection of fragments from ancient philosophers and poets, known as the Anthology of Joannes Stobaeus, there’s a section titled On Anger. It opens with a quote attributed to the poet Theognis, which may be one of the most profound sayings I’ve ever come across on this topic.
Nothing, Cyrnus, is more unjust than anger, which harms the one who poss…



