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Afflicted by him, one abandons virtue,

losing any benefit one has attained.

Anger is a hideous deformed monster.

I crushed it though it quivered inside me!

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When rubbed, wood produces fire,

leading merely to its own destruction.

So false conceptions stir anger in a man,

leading to his own ruin.

If a man cannot calm the feverous rage

swelling violently like a fire in his heart,

he will be slighted and his reputation will wane,

like moonlight, the friend of lilies, wanes at dawn.

But if, unconcerned by the dangers of others,

a man views anger alone as his enemy,

his reputation will certainly shine

like the glorious sphere of the new moon.

Anger also has these other great faults:

A man is never handsome, however adorned,

when anger’s fire steals away his good looks.

When his heart is wounded by anger’s barb,

he sleeps uneasily, though on a luxurious bed.

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Anger makes him forget how to be happy.

Traveling along the wrong path instead,

he loses his fame and welfare, like the moon

loses its luster in the dark half of the month.