"He that strives not to Stem his Angers Tide, / Does a Mad Horse without a Bridle ride."
— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for H. Rhodes, R. Parker, and S. Briscoe
Date
1696
Metaphor
"He that strives not to Stem his Angers Tide, /
Does a Mad Horse without a Bridle ride."
Metaphor in Context
SIR WILL.
Ah!--A Fair Riddance; how I bless my self, that it was not in this Fools power to provoke me beyond that Serenity of Temper, which a wise man ought to be Master of: How near are men to Brutes, when their unruly Passions break the Bounds of Reason? And of all Passions, Anger is the most violent, which often puts me in mind of that admirable Saying,
(III.i, p. 42)
Ah!--A Fair Riddance; how I bless my self, that it was not in this Fools power to provoke me beyond that Serenity of Temper, which a wise man ought to be Master of: How near are men to Brutes, when their unruly Passions break the Bounds of Reason? And of all Passions, Anger is the most violent, which often puts me in mind of that admirable Saying,
He that strives not to Stem his Angers Tide,
Does a Mad Horse without a Bridle ride.
(III.i, p. 42)
Categories
Provenance
Reading Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, ed. Vincent Carretta (Penguin, 1998), p. 37.
Citation
Loves Last Shift; or The Fool in Fashion. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal by His Majesty's Servants. Written by C. Cibber (London: Printed for H. Rhodes, R. Parker, and S. Briscoe,1696). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Date of Entry
07/08/2013
