Disadvantages of Rage
Ragehasmanydisadvantagesthatcausemanyrisks.Itisthemostin-
fluentialelementofcriminalityandretorting.Ragehascausednumerous
misfortunesandopenedmanyjails,gallows,andfire.Ithasalsocutoff
the bonds of relations between kinsmen, fathers, sons, and friends.
Tongues uttered insults and revilement because of rage that unveiled
hatredandschadenfreude,andinducedtobeatandwound,andaroused
the feelings of malice and enmity. An ethicist says, “Rage causes the
mindtoconfuse,thebodytothrill,thelipstoshrink,thevoicetohoarse,
thebreathtoaccelerate,thefacetoflareup,theveinstopuff,thehands
toshrivel,thenervestoconfuse,theheartopulse,thebloodtoboil,the
mouthtofroth,andtheeyestothrowevil.Whenallthesearenoticedon
the angry, it will be surely adjudged that the insane are sounder and
nearertobetteringthantheangryare.Iftheangrylookinthemirrorto
see that disgusting mien, they will surely feel shameful and be
embarrassed.”
Atanyrate,rageisoneofthevilestthemostinjuriousmannerssinceit
causesvariablemisfortunesandcalamitiesandinflictsthegreatestdiffi-
culties and dilemmas.