#transmuted

None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry. ↗

— Edith Hamilton

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#exaltation #into #less #none #nothing

Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else. ↗

— Mencius

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#another time #becomes #else #evil #exists

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world. ↗

— William Shenstone

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#control #force #great #into #move