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The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.

Approximate author period: c. 1666 AD · renaissance

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John Dryden
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Approximate author period: c. 1666 AD · renaissance
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