“The anger of lovers renews the strength of love.”
Publilio Siro Latin writer
Maxim 24
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“Pain is the opposite of strength, and so is anger.”
— Marcus Aurelius, book Meditations
Hays translation
XI, 18
Meditations (c. AD 121–180), Book XI
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