--- title: "8 Angry Quotes By Marcus Aurelius" description: "8 Angry quotes by Marcus Aurelius. Plus more from Marcus Aurelius and more Angry sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/marcus-aurelius-139_anger_anger-and-the-sorrow-it-produces-are-far_66580.jpg" --- > [“Anger and the sorrow it produces are far more harmful than the things which make us angry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/anger-and-the-sorrow-it-produces-are-far-more-harmful-than-the-things/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/marcus-aurelius-139_anger_anger-and-the-sorrow-it-produces-are-far_66580.jpg) > [Art thou angry with him whose armpits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/art-thou-angry-with-him-whose-armpits-stink-art-thou-angry-with-him/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/marcus-aurelius-139_angry_art-thou-angry-with-him-whose-armpits-st_90813.jpg) > [You need to be prepared for firm decisions and action, without losing gentleness towards those who obstruct or abuse you. It's as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/you-need-to-be-prepared-for-firm-decisions-and-action-without-losing/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b1/marcus-aurelius-139_abandon_you-need-to-be-prepared-for-firm-decisio_556103.jpg) > [Say to yourself in the early morning: I shall meet today ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable men. All of these things have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/say-to-yourself-in-the-early-morning-i-shall-meet-today-ungrateful/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/marcus-aurelius-139_angry_say-to-yourself-in-the-early-morning-i-s_845588.jpg) > [“LII. To them that are sick of the jaundice, honey seems bitter; and to them that are bitten by a mad dog,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/lii-to-them-that-are-sick-of-the-jaundice-honey-seems-bitter-and-to/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/marcus-aurelius-139_anger_lii-to-them-that-are-sick-of-the-jaundic_1315474.jpg) > [An angry look on the face is wholly against nature. If it be assumed frequently, beauty begins to perish, and in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/an-angry-look-on-the-face-is-wholly-against-nature-if-it-be-assumed/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6f/marcus-aurelius-139_anger_an-angry-look-on-the-face-is-wholly-agai_2132864.jpg) > [He who flies from his master is a runaway; but the law is master, and he who breaks the law is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/he-who-flies-from-his-master-is-a-runaway-but-the-law-is-master-and/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/marcus-aurelius-139_all-things_he-who-flies-from-his-master-is-a-runawa_2242667.jpg) > [When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/when-thou-art-above-measure-angry-bethink-thee-how-momentary-is-man-s/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/marcus-aurelius-139_angry_when-thou-art-above-measure-angry-bethin_2260797.jpg) ## Other authors on Angry - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/rajneesh/) - [Israelmore Ayivor 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/israelmore-ayivor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-veronica-roth-93385.jpg) Veronica Roth 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/veronica-roth/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/terry-pratchett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-vikrant-parsai-70.jpg) Vikrant Parsai 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/vikrant-parsai/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/rick-riordan/) - [Aristotle 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/aristotle/) ## More by Marcus Aurelius > [A man should be upright, not kept upright.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/a-man-should-be-upright-not-kept-upright/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [Everything is mere opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/everything-is-mere-opinion/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [If any man has done wrong, the harm is his own. But perhaps he has not done wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/if-any-man-has-done-wrong-the-harm-is-his-own-but-perhaps-he-has-not/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [Pray look upon the plants and birds, the ants, spiders, and bees, and you will see them all exerting their nature, and busy in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/pray-look-upon-the-plants-and-birds-the-ants-spiders-and-bees-and-you/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [“We should remark the grace and fascination that there is even in the incidentals of Nature's processes.. When a loaf of bread,. for instance,.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/we-should-remark-the-grace-and-fascination-that-there-is-even-in-the/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [My true Self is free. I cannot be contained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/my-true-self-is-free-i-cannot-be-contained/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-best-revenge-is-to-be-unlike-him-who-performed-the-injury/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/nothing-befalls-any-man-which-he-is-not-fitted-to-endure/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [Adorn thyself with simplicity and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet says that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/adorn-thyself-with-simplicity-and-with-indifference-towards-the/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/let-it-be-your-constant-method-to-look-into-the-design-of-people-s/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [“Our life is a warfare, and a mere pilgrimage.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/our-life-is-a-warfare-and-a-mere-pilgrimage/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [“If therefore it be a thing external that causes thy grief, know, that it is not that properly that doth cause it, but thine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/if-therefore-it-be-a-thing-external-that-causes-thy-grief-know-that/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [Frightened of change? But what can exist without it? What's closer to nature's heart? Can you take a hot bath and leave the firewood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/frightened-of-change-but-what-can-exist-without-it-what-s-closer-to/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/we-are-too-much-accustomed-to-attribute-to-a-single-cause-that-which/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself, "I have to go to work - as a human being. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/at-dawn-when-you-have-trouble-getting-out-of-bed-tell-yourself-i-have/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/marcus-aurelius/#itemlist", "name": "8 Angry Quotes By Marcus Aurelius", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Anger and the sorrow it produces are far more harmful than the things which make us angry.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marcus Aurelius" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/anger-and-the-sorrow-it-produces-are-far-more-harmful-than-the-things/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/marcus-aurelius-139_anger_anger-and-the-sorrow-it-produces-are-far_66580.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/marcus-aurelius-139_anger_anger-and-the-sorrow-it-produces-are-far_66580.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/marcus-aurelius-139_anger_anger-and-the-sorrow-it-produces-are-far_66580.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Anger and the sorrow it produces are far more harmful than the things which make us angry.” — Marcus Aurelius", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Art thou angry with him whose armpits stink? 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