It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just…

Bertrand Russell
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It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go. ✨ Bertrand Russell (1990). The Art of Philosophizing: and Other Essays, p.25, Rowman & Littlefield
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