"Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend."

Friendship, Anger, Friend, Murder, Passion

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"Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend."

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