“I was angry with my friend:I told my wrath, my wrath did end.I was angry with my foe:I told it not, my wrath did grow.”

Meaning

This reads as a warning about what happens to anger when it is spoken versus when it is hidden. The first part suggests that expressing hurt can let it pass, while the second points to resentment growing in silence. It lands in any relationship where someone keeps swallowing frustration, then finds that the feeling has only hardened over time.

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Originally said in English.

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