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Jeremy Taylor

If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury if from a small cause, it is peevishness and so is always either terrible or ridiculous.

Jeremy Taylor

Anger

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Jeremy Taylor means that anger is understandable and intense when it comes from a serious reason, but if it arises from something trivial, it becomes petty and annoying. In either case, anger is extreme—either frightening when justified or laughable when not.

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