Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. ✨ To Sir Edward Dy…

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Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. ✨ To Sir Edward Dyer, in T. Tenison (ed.) 'Baconiana' (1679) Apophthegm 5
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