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 'Tis a hydra's head contention; the more they strive the more they 
may: and as Praxiteles did by his read more 
 '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. 
 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, 
between me and thee, and between read more 
 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, 
between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for 
we be brethren. 
 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. 
 In excessive altercation, truth is lost.
 [Lat., Nimium altercando veritas amittitur.]  
 In excessive altercation, truth is lost.
 [Lat., Nimium altercando veritas amittitur.] 
 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. 
 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.] 
 Stir up the hornets.
 [Fr., Irriter les freslons.]  
 Stir up the hornets.
 [Fr., Irriter les freslons.] 
 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. 
 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot 
stand.  
 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot 
stand.