Chapter XI.
Of those to whose wrath even the going down of the sun
sets no limit.
But
what am I to say of those
(and I cannot say it without shame on my own part) to whose
implacability even the going down of the sun sets no bound: but
prolonging it for several days, and nourishing rancorous feelings
against those against whom they have been excited, they say in words
that they are not angry, but in fact and deed they show that
they are extremely disturbed? For
they do not speak to them pleasantly, nor address them with ordinary
civility, and they think that they are not doing wrong in this, because
they do not seek to avenge themselves for their upset. But since they
either do not dare, or at any rate are not able to show their anger
openly, and give place to it, they drive in, to their own detriment,
the poison of anger, and secretly cherish it in their hearts, and
silently feed on it in themselves; without shaking off by an effort of
mind their sulky disposition, but digesting it as the days go by, and
somewhat mitigating it after a while.