“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. Let a man overcome anger by love.”

Wisdom & Proverbs! Commonly misattributed

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You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. Let a man overcome anger by love.

— Buddha

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Attributed to: Buddha
Published in: Love: Is
Attribution status: ! Commonly misattributed

Not found in the Buddhist canon; only the clause about overcoming anger by love echoes Dhammapada 223.

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