Indignant attitude

From "The Oxford Book of Aphorisms"

An attitude of permanent indignation signifies great mental poverty. Politics compels its votaries to take that line and you can see their minds growing more and more impoverished every day, from one burst of righteous anger to the next.

Valery, Tel Quel, 1941-3

Blind anger dilutes the mind in favor of the object of their indignation. And as indignation grows, so does their contentment of themselves and their own unwillingness to improve. It's how you use that anger that determines your nobility.

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