אֶ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם רַב־תְּבוּנָ֑ה וּקְצַר־ר֝֗וּחַ מֵרִ֥ים אִוֶּֽלֶת׃
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Netivot Olam
In the Book of Proverbs (14:29) [it says]: "He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly." King Solomon wanted to say that a person who does not anger easily is of great understanding, and this is as Solomon says in Ecclesiastes (7:9): "For anger resteth in the bosom of fools." And this is because when anger easily excites someone, all of this excitement is material in nature, and therefore he [Solomon] says 'For anger resteth in the bosom of fools' and the fool is far from one who is enlightened by higher elements, but one who is a possessor of slowness to anger [lit. of long breath] is slow to anger, and this teaches that he is of great understanding – because he is enlightened by his higher elements, therefore he is slow to anger. And he [Solomon] says “But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly” – this means when someone is of hasty spirit, this means folly is exalted out of them as one sifts out gold, because even if he is intelligent, in any case when he is quick to anger this exalts his folly. And in another place (Proverbs, 16:32), he [Solomon] says: “He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city”, read: one who is slow to anger is mighty because he stands like a hero and is not easily excited, and one who rules and conquers his spirit so that it will not leave him is greater than one who taketh a city, for one who conquers a city is conquering something material in nature, but one that conquers his spirit – this is something that is not material in nature, therefore he is greater. And this quality, slowness to anger [lit. of long breath], is from the qualities of God, may He be blessed, which is called ‘slowness to anger’ [lit. of long breath]....