Contention - Maxioms.comQuotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxiomshttp://www.maxioms.comen-usCopyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.<![CDATA[So when two dogs are fighting in the streets, When a third dog one of the two dogs meets: ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9963<![CDATA[When individuals approach one another with deep purposes on both sides they seldom come at once to the matter which ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9964<![CDATA[But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, For gentle ways are best, and keep aloof From sharp ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9965<![CDATA[Not hate, but glory, made these chiefs contend; And each brave foe was in his soul a friend. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9966<![CDATA[Agreement exists in disagreement. [Lat., Mansit concordia discors.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9967<![CDATA[The chiefs contend only for their place of burial. [Lat., Ducibus tantum de funere pugna est.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9968<![CDATA[You will stir up the hornets. [Lat., Irritabis crabones.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9969<![CDATA[Stir up the hornets. [Fr., Irriter les freslons.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9970<![CDATA[Contentions fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9971<![CDATA[The whole discord of this world consists in discords. [Lat., Tota hujus mundi concordia ex discordibus constat.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9972<![CDATA[Thus when a barber and collier fight, The barber beats the luckless collier--white; The dusty collier heaves his ponderous ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9973<![CDATA[In excessive altercation, truth is lost. [Lat., Nimium altercando veritas amittitur.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9974<![CDATA[And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9954<![CDATA[Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9955<![CDATA[And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9956<![CDATA[A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9957<![CDATA['Tis a hydra's head contention; the more they strive the more they may: and as Praxiteles did by his glass, ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9958<![CDATA[He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9959<![CDATA[And the combat ceased, for want of combatants. [Fr., Et le combat cessa, faute de combattants.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9960<![CDATA[Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9961<![CDATA[Did thrust (as now) in other's corn his sickle. - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9962