Contention

"Did thrust (as now) in others' corn his sickle."

"He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper."

"'Tis a hydra's head contention; the more they strive the more they may: and as Praxiteles did by his glass, when he saw a scurvy face in it, brake it in pieces; but for that one he saw many more as bad in a moment."

"Et le combat cessa, faute de combattants."

"Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both."

"So when two dogs are fighting in the streets, When a third dog one of the two dogs meets: With angry teeth he bites him to the bone, And this dog smarts for what that dog has done."

"When individuals approach one another with deep purposes on both sides they seldom come at once to the matter which they have most at heart. They dread the electric shock of a too sudden contact with it."

"It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman."

"The contention that is good for the city—I pray that god never destroy that."

"Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between thee and me."

"Not hate, but glory, made these chiefs contend; And each brave foe was in his soul a friend."

"But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, For gentle ways are best, and keep aloof From sharp contentions."

"A man of strife and a man of contention."

"Mansit concordia discors."

"Ducibus tantum de funere pugna est."

"If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand."

"Irritabis crabrones."

"A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike."

"Irriter les freslons."

"Contentions fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause."

"A man who only becomes a husband brings pain to his parents, and a man who only becomes a son brings pain to his wife."

"Tota hujus mundi concordia ex discordibus constat."

"Thus when a barber and collier fight, The barber beats the luckless collier—white; The dusty collier heaves his ponderous sack, And, big with vengeance, beats the barber—black. In comes the brick-dust man. with grime o'erspread, And beats the collier and the barber—red; Black, red, and white, in various clouds are toss'd, And in the dust they raise the combatants are lost."

"Nimium altercando veritas amittitur."