Almost everyone has done it. Fired off a message you wish you could unsend. Said the cruel thing in the middle of a row, the one that cannot be taken back. Slammed a door, quit on the spot, hit send before the brain caught up with the temper. The damage gets done in seconds, and the regret can last for years. More than two thousand years ago, a Greek thinker boiled the whole problem down to a single piece of advice. When you are angry, do not speak and do not act. Just wait. It sounds almost too simple to matter. It might be one of the most useful sentences ever written.
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