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 Did thrust (as now) in other's corn his sickle.
   - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas,  
 Did thrust (as now) in other's corn his sickle.
   - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, 
 Contentions fierce,
 Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.  
 Contentions fierce,
 Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause. 
 Great contest follows, and much learned dust
 Involves the combatants; each claiming truth,
  And truth disclaiming both.  
 Great contest follows, and much learned dust
 Involves the combatants; each claiming truth,
  And truth disclaiming both. 
 When individuals approach one another with deep purposes on both 
sides they seldom come at once to the matter read more 
 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. 
 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot 
stand.  
 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot 
stand. 
 In excessive altercation, truth is lost.
 [Lat., Nimium altercando veritas amittitur.]  
 In excessive altercation, truth is lost.
 [Lat., Nimium altercando veritas amittitur.] 
 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman 
are alike.  
 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman 
are alike. 
 So when two dogs are fighting in the streets,
 When a third dog one of the two dogs meets:
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 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. 
 The whole discord of this world consists in discords.
 [Lat., Tota hujus mundi concordia ex discordibus constat.]  
 The whole discord of this world consists in discords.
 [Lat., Tota hujus mundi concordia ex discordibus constat.]