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Wilson Mizner

The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker claims the angriest, most short-tempered people they have met were those who knew deep down that they were in the wrong. Anger, in this view, is a defence against guilt: the louder the temper, the more the person suspects the other side is right.

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