Contention Quotes

“Irritabis crabrones.”

“Irriter les freslons.”

“Mansit concordia discors.”

“A man of strife and a man of contention.”

“Ducibus tantum de funere pugna est.”

“Nimium altercando veritas amittitur.”

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

“Et le combat cessa, faute de combattants.”

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

“Tota hujus mundi concordia ex discordibus constat.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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