The best remedy for anger is delay.

The saying counsels a practical discipline: when anger flares, the most effective “remedy” is not immediate argument or retaliation but time. Delay creates a pause in which physiological arousal can subside and judgment can reassert itself, reducing the likelihood of words or actions that cannot be recalled. It also implies that anger often feeds on immediacy—on the pressure to respond now—so postponement interrupts its momentum. In moral and communal terms, the maxim promotes self-mastery and social harmony: restraint protects relationships and keeps conflicts from escalating into lasting injury.