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How to Get Angry

Today’s quote is from Aristotle:

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way - isso não está ao alcance de todosthat is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

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Qualquer pessoa pode ficar zangada - isso é fácil, mas zangar-se com a pessoa certa, no grau certo, na altura certa, com o objetivo certo e da forma certa - isso não está ao alcance de todos e não é fácil.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

💬 Today's vocabulary

👱 Qualquer: Any😡 Zangada [femin. adjective]: Angry🤬 Zangar-se: To get angryCerta [femin. adjective]: Right; certain🤒 Grau [masc. noun]: Degree⏲️ Altura: Height, moment in time

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