Anger Blinds Us to Our Own Faults
AnalogyIllustration★★★★The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves; and we injure our own cause, in the opinion of the world, when we too passionately and eagerly defend it; like the father of Virginia, who murdered his daughter to prevent her violation. Neither will all men be disposed to view our quarrels precisely in the same light we do; and a man’s blindness to his own defects will ever increase in proportion as he is angry with others, or pleased with himself.
C. Colton.
The point
Anger intoxicates like wine, revealing us to others while hiding us from ourselves; passionate defense of a cause often injures it by blinding us to our own faults.
Audience
Adults
Tone
Convicting · Sobering
To tell aloud
under a minute · 91 words