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 You will stir up the hornets.
 [Lat., Irritabis crabones.]  
 You will stir up the hornets.
 [Lat., Irritabis crabones.] 
 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 chiefs contend only for their place of burial.
 [Lat., Ducibus tantum de funere pugna est.]  
 The chiefs contend only for their place of burial.
 [Lat., Ducibus tantum de funere pugna est.] 
 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. 
 But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast,
 For gentle ways are best, and keep aloof
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 But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast,
 For gentle ways are best, and keep aloof
  From sharp contentions. 
 Thus when a barber and collier fight,
 The barber beats the luckless collier--white;
  The dusty collier heaves read more 
 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'er spread,
     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. 
 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. 
 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot 
stand.  
 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot 
stand.