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Mark Twain

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

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Holding onto anger damages the person who feels it more than the person it is directed at. Just like acid eats away at its container, anger harms your own mind and body when you keep it inside.

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