QUARRELS

Related Subjects: Argument, Differences, Discord, Dueling

1. Where two discourse, if the one's anger rise,
   The man who lets the contest fall is wise.—EURIPIDES, Protesilaus
   

2. Those who in quarrels interpose
   Must often wipe a bloody nose.—JOHN GAY, The Mastiffs
   

3. Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.—LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, Maxims
   

4. True disputants are like true sportsmen, their whole delight in the pursuit.—POPE, Thoughts on Various Subjects
   

5. None but cats and dogs are allowed to quarrel in my house.—Proverb
   

6. Keep aloof from quarrels; be neither a witness nor a party.—Proverb
   

7. The Retort Courteous; . . .
   The Quip Modest; . . .
   The Reply hurlish ; . . .
   The Reproof Valiant; ..
   The Countercheck Quarrelsome; ..
   The Lie with Circumstance; .. .
   The Lie Direct.—SHAKESPEARE, As You Like It
   

8. Beware
   If entrance to a quarrel, but, being in,
   Bear 't that the opposed may beware of thee.—SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet
   

9. Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat.—SHAKESPEARE, Romeo and Juliet
   

10. The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.BERNARD SHAW, The Philanderer
    

11. I won't quarrel with my bread and butter.—SWIFT, Polite Conversation